Turkey’s spy chief meets with Hamas leaders on how to supply aid to Gaza

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkey’s intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin meets with Hamas leaders for talks about how to deliver aid to war-ravaged Gaza, where Israel resumed its military offensive last month.

Kalin holds talks with Mohammad Darwish, head of the political council of Hamas, which rules Gaza, and his delegation, Turkey’s Anadolu state news agency reports, without saying where the meeting took place. Media reports say it was in Turkey.

As well as discussing ways to deliver humanitarian aid, they also speak of initiatives to secure a permanent ceasefire along with ways to counter Israeli plans to forcibly displace Gaza’s population, Anadolu says, citing security sources.

Kalin reassures them of Turkey’s ongoing support and said Ankara would firmly oppose any new efforts to occupy or annex further Palestinian territory.