"Our president (Recep Tayyip Erdogan — PAP) stated that we are ready to welcome any freed Palestinians to support the ceasefire agreement," said the head of the Turkish MFA in Qatar.
Israel has announced that any Palestinian prisoners who are to be traded as hostages in the Gaza Strip will be deported to reduce the safety threat,” wrote Turkish regular Sabah. Israel has stated that deportation is to apply to the convicted for the most serious crimes.
On January 19, a truce began in Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza over 15 months. The agreement provides that 33 hostages and about 1,900 prisoners will be released by early March.
An Inhuman Approach
On Sunday, Fidan besides powerfully stated against the U.S. president Donald Trump's proposal that Palestinians from the Gaza Strip be transferred to Egypt and Jordan. The Turkish minister assessed this as an inhuman approach.
According to the Turkish authorities, Hamas is not a terrorist organization but a opposition movement. Since the start of the war, relations between Turkey and Israel have deteriorated significantly, and Ankara has taken a very harsh stand towards Israel, accusing him of genocide and introducing an embargo on trade with that country.
