A Hamas delegation headed by the group’s political bureau leader, Khaled Mashaal, is to visit Turkey, says Osama Hamdan, the terror organization’s official in charge of international relations.
Hamdan does not say when the delegation will leave but says the visit will take place soon. He says the Mashaal and the group will meet senior Turkish officials in order to discuss the situation of the Palestinian people.
According to Israel Radio, Mashaal will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today. There is no other confirmation for the report.
Hamas recently denied Israeli reports saying Turkey expelled Salah al Arouri, a senior Hamas official who, according to Israel, is in charge of training terror cells in the West Bank.
Mashaal met earlier this month with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Qatar. During the meeting Lavrov invited him to visit Moscow.
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