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Thursday, August 1, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Erdogan declares day of mourning for Haniyeh ‘in solidarity with our Palestinian brothers and sisters’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks during a military parade, in the Turkish-occupied area of the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, July 20, 2024. (AP/Petros Karadjias)
Turkey will observe a national day of mourning tomorrow to honor the funeral in Qatar of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh after he was killed in Tehran, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says in a social media post.
“A national day of mourning will be declared tomorrow (Friday) in solidarity with the Palestinian cause and in solidarity with our Palestinian brothers and sisters,” Erdogan writes on X.
Hamas has called for a “day of furious rage” tomorrow, encouraging an outpouring of public anger following Haniyeh’s killing in Tehran in an attack blamed on Israel, as well as to protest the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
