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Turkish intel chief hosts senior Hamas official to discus Gaza ceasefire
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L: Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Damascus on September 17, 2025 (Syrian Presidency Facebook page / AFP): R: Hamas's Khalil al-Hayya in Istanbul on April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Turkey’s intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalın meets with senior Hamas politburo official Khalil Al-Khaya and a Hamas delegation in Ankara, according to a senior Turkish official.
The senior official says that they discussed implementation of the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire, and “underscored that Israel must be held to fulfilling its obligations arising from the first phase of the Gaza peace plan.”
Kalin hosted a similar meeting with Hamas officials on March 22.
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