There will be no Turkish troops in Gaza, the Prime Minister’s Office insists after reports emerge of a disagreement on the issue during yesterday’s meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad.
“There is no disagreement,” the Prime Minister’s Office tells The Times of Israel. “There will be no Turkish involvement.”
Sky News Arabia reports that in the meeting Netanyahu rejected Turkish participation in a potential peacekeeping force in the Gaza Strip, citing a Palestinian source.
He also “completely rejected” Palestinian Authority security forces trained by Egypt and Jordan in Gaza, the source tells the UK-Emirati outlet.
“Netanyahu insists that the second-phase conditions be implemented first, namely the disarmament of Hamas and its relinquishment of control over Gaza, before any discussion of local administration or security forces operating in Gaza,” says the Palestinian source.
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