Türkiye’s intel chief, Hamas leader discuss Gaza roadmap

Türkiye’s intelligence chief İbrahim Kalın met Hamas political bureau chief Khalil al-Hayya in Istanbul on Aug. 3 to discuss a roadmap for moving the Gaza peace plan into its second phase, sources familiar with the meeting said.

The talks focused on Hamas’ response to the roadmap, which the sources described as positive.

Participants voiced concern that Israel had intensified its attacks on Gaza instead of responding to the proposal and called on the international community to act to halt the attacks.

They also accused Israel of continuing to violate Palestinian rights in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem and discussed settlement expansion and growing settler violence.