He met at the Presidential Palace at the head of the Soura Council, Mahamad Daruis, under the head of the Sura Council.
Attending the meeting by the Turkish side were Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, MIT Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin, Head of the Turkish Presidency’s Communication Directorate, Fahretin Altun, Diplomatic Advisor to President Erdogan Director of President Hassan Dogan’s special office.
This is the first visit of Hamas’s leadership.
Turkish President’s view on Hamas
Among other things, the Turkish president has stated that Hamas is not a terrorist organization and accuses the situation in the Gaza Strip, Israel.
“I have repeatedly said that Hamas is not a terrorist organization and that it is a political party. I say it again. As a political party, he is fighting for the rights he will gain, “said Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Hostage exchanges
At the same time, Israel announced that it has received from Hamas “a list of hostage names expected to be released” on Thursday (30/1), following the implementation of the truce agreement.
The announcement does not mention the names of the Israeli hostages, but two women are obviously among them, since their names have already been announced by Netanyahu: they are 29 -year -old Citizen Arbel Yichd, and 20 -year -old soldier Agam Berger.
According to Israeli media, in addition to the three Israelis, another five Thai, hostages from Hamas since the attack on October 7, 2023, will be released tomorrow.
