Turkish foreign minister meets with Hamas political bureau members in Istanbul

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with members of the Hamas political bureau in Istanbul, said Turkish diplomatic sources on Saturday, Anadolu reports. The meeting focused on the status of the ceasefire in Gaza and ongoing humanitarian needs in the war-torn Palestinian territory, the sources said. Since the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire agreement began on Oct. 10, Hamas has released 20 Israeli captives alive and handed over the remains of 19 out of 28, most of them Israelis. However, Israel claimed that one of the received bodies did not match any of its listed captives. Israel has killed 211 Palestinians and injured 597 others since the ceasefire, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Israel has linked the second […]