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Turkey intel chief speaks to Hamas leaders on hostage deal talks
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Ibrahim Kalin, chief advisor to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaks during an interview in Istanbul, October 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Turkey’s intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin speaks by phone with officials from Hamas’s political bureau to discuss ceasefire talks, according to a Turkish security source.
The discussion focused on “the progress made in the negotiations and the current status,” says the source in a statement, adding that the sides agreed to “resume efforts toward achieving a ceasefire.”
