AGI – The President of the Palestinian National Authority, Abu Mazen, declared that it will “review” its bilateral relations with the United States following Washington’s veto of Palestine’s full membership of the United Nations” in order to ensure the protection of the interests of our people, our cause and our rights”. This was reported by the Palestinian agency Wafa.
The Israeli Foreign Minister, Israel Katzfor his part criticized the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan for meeting the leader of the Hamas political bureau in Istanbul, Ismail Haniyeh. “The Muslim Brotherhood alliance: rape, murder, desecration of bodies and burning children,” Katz wrote in a post on X, posting a photo of Erdogan and Haniyeh shaking hands. “Shame on you, Erdogan!”, she added.
The meeting between Erdogan and Haniyeh lasted over two and a half hours. The former number one of Hamas, Khaled Meshalthe head of the Turkish secret service, Ibrahim Kalinand the Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan. The representatives of Turkey and Hamas spoke about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, the difficulties relating to the delivery of humanitarian aid to the civilian population, but above all the possibility of reaching a ceasefire with Israel and the growing tensions between the Jewish State and the Iran, one of the main allies of the Palestinian organization.
The Turkish president called Palestinian unity against Israel “vital” and reiterated that without the two-state solution peace remains “impossible”. “Staying united is the strongest response to Israel. The beginning of a path that leads to victory lies in the unity and integrity of the people. Israel will pay for the crimes committed”, reads a statement from the Turkish presidency.
Eleven Palestinians killed in West Bank
While in the Gaza Strip the number of victims of the conflict would have exceeded 34 thousand, the violence continues to also affect the West Bank, where ten “Palestinian militants”, according to Israel, were killed in the West Bank during a raid on Nur Shams, a camp refugees, by the Israeli security forces. “Security forces eliminated 10 terrorists during the clashes”, which lasted over 40 hours, the Israeli army said. Eight soldiers and a police officer were injured. According to testimonies from the refugee camp, there has been a power cut and food is running low but no one can leave or enter the camp. According to official Palestinian sources, since the beginning of the conflict on October 7, around 480 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops or settlers in the West Bank.
A 50-year-old Palestinian ambulance driver was also shot dead while evacuating wounded during a clash between Palestinians and settlers in As-Sawiya, south of Nablus in the West Bank. This was reported by the Ramallah Ministry of Health.
