Turkey seeks air entry to evacuate injured Gazans

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says he is working toward brokering an agreement with Israel and Egypt under which Ankara would be permitted to fly wounded Gazans to Turkey to receive medical treatment, Reuters reports.

“Yesterday I spoke with [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas and we want to get the injured people, thousands of them. They need urgent medical therapy, and we have already allocated places in our hospitals for them,” he says.

“We are talking with both Egypt and Israel to have an air bridge to send humanitarian assistance… If permission is given, our air ambulances will be carrying these passengers,” Davutoglu adds.