Immediate establishment of Gaza ceasefire, increasing humanitarian aid, releasing hostages, 2-state solution addressed
Jan 21,
2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Turkey's
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Hamas’ political bureau chief, Ismail
Haniyeh, according to Turkish diplomatic sources.
Fidan and Haniyeh discussed on Saturday the immediate establishment of a ceasefire in Gaza, increasing humanitarian aid, the release of hostages and a two-state solution for lasting peace.
The Israeli
offensive has left 85 percent of Gaza’s population internally displaced amid
acute shortages of food, clean water and medicine, while 60 percent of the
enclave’s infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.
Last
October following the Israel launch of intensive attacks on the tiny enclave,
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the Gaza situation
with Haniyeh and assured that Ankara would work to ensure that humanitarian aid
reaches Gaza and that the wounded there can be brought to Türkiye for treatment
if necessary.
President
Erdogan stressed that a permanent solution could not be achieved without the
establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with
Jerusalem as its capital, the statement noted.
Erdogan
further emphasised that Turkey would continue to fight internationally for
lasting peace.
Israel has
launched relentless air and ground attacks on Gaza since a cross-border attack
by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, which Tel Aviv said killed 1,200
people.
At least
24,927 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and
62,388 injured, according to Palestinian health authorities.
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