{"id":4480,"date":"2025-04-20T12:02:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T12:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4480"},"modified":"2025-04-20T12:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T12:02:03","slug":"turkish-spy-chief-meets-hamas-delegation-to-discuss-gaza-aid-ceasefire-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4480","title":{"rendered":"Turkish spy chief meets Hamas delegation to discuss Gaza aid, ceasefire proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin held talks with senior Hamas officials in Ankara on Saturday to discuss humanitarian access to Gaza and proposals for a permanent ceasefire, according to Turkey\u2019s state-run Anadolu news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Kalin, the head of Turkey\u2019s National Intelligence Organisation (MIT), met Mohammad Darwish, head of Hamas\u2019 political council, as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens amid Israel\u2019s renewed military campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions focused on aid delivery, a potential prisoner exchange deal, and diplomatic initiatives to end the conflict. Hamas reiterated its readiness to \u201cimmediately reach a comprehensive prisoner exchange agreement in return for a ceasefire,\u201d along with demands for Israeli withdrawal, reconstruction of Gaza, and lifting of the blockade.<\/p>\n<p>Kalin reaffirmed Ankara\u2019s support for Palestinian rights and expressed opposition to any attempts by Israel to forcibly displace Gaza\u2019s population or annex territory.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas also voiced support for Egypt\u2019s proposal to create a special governing body for Gaza comprising independent and qualified national figures.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has maintained a total blockade on Gaza since March 2.<\/p>\n<p>Humanitarian agencies, including the United Nations, warn the strip is facing its worst crisis since the war began in October 2023, following Hamas\u2019 attack on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Israel resumed its offensive on March 18 after a two-month ceasefire, with the Palestinian health ministry reporting 1,691 people killed since. The total Palestinian death toll has surpassed 51,000, most of them civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Israel says its blockade is necessary to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining 59 hostages.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin held talks with senior Hamas officials in Ankara on Saturday to discuss humanitarian access to Gaza and proposals for a permanent ceasefire, according to Turkey\u2019s state-run Anadolu news agency. Kalin, the head of Turkey\u2019s National Intelligence Organisation (MIT), met Mohammad Darwish, head of Hamas\u2019 political council, as the humanitarian crisis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}