Talks with Hamas: Erdogan sends intelligence chief to Qatar. Both sides are also said to have discussed the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
There have also been talks between the Hamas leadership and the Islamist Hüda Par, the government partner of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken set off on another trip to the Middle East. He is expected to discuss a proposal for a ceasefire drawn up at a meeting in January by the United States, Israel, Egypt and Qatar.