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Turkey’s Erdogan meets with top Hamas leaders in Istanbul

22 August 2020, 10:43 pm
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosts Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh for talks in Istanbul.

Also taking part in the meeting are Hamas No. 2 Saleh al-Arouri, a top military commander in the Palestinian terror group who has a $5 million US bounty on his head, and Turkish intelligence chief Hakan Fidan.

The meeting comes amid heightened tensions between Israel and Hamas that have seen regular arson attacks and rocket fire from Gaza, as well as retaliatory Israeli strikes in the Strip.

It also comes after Israel and the UAE, one of Turkey’s regional rivals, announced a preliminary agreement to normalize diplomatic ties.

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