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Erdogan says asked Trump to intervene over shootings at Gaza aid centers

By AFP 5 July 2025, 2:29 pm 8 Edit
Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, June 15, 2025. (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)
Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, June 15, 2025. (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he asked US President Donald Trump to intervene to stop the Gaza aid center shootings which the UN says have killed more than 500 people.

Erdogan said when he met Trump at a NATO summit in late June, he told him: “There are people who are being killed in food queues. You need to intervene here so that these people are not killed,” the Anadolu state news agency reports.

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