The captured Hamas squad trained in Turkey for a terrorist attack in Jerusalem during preparations for the Herzog-Erdogan meeting
The meeting between the president and the president of Turkey took place last week, 14 years after the last official visit of an Israeli official to the country, and preparations for it took weeks.
The arrested Hamas cell has been operating in the republic since 2019 - and was assisted, among other things, by funds deposited in Turkish banks
Barak Ravid and Shlomi Heller
18/03/2022
Friday, 18 March 2022, 09:58 Updated: 10:24
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In the video: The reception for President Herzog in Erdogan's palace in Ankara (Photo: Reuters, GPO)
The squad that stopped the General Security Service and the police conducted shooting training in Turkey in preparation for the meeting of Yitzhak Herzog and Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
According to the indictment filed in the Jerusalem court today, the cell was led by senior Hamas figure Jerusalem Khaled Sabah, funded by senior members of the terrorist organization based in Turkey - and conducted shooting training there.
The meeting between the president and the president of Turkey took place last week, 14 years after the last official visit of an Israeli official to the country, and preparations for it took weeks.
At the end of the meeting, Erdogan said the visit was a "turning point in relations between the two countries."
At the end of the meeting, President Herzog addressed the amendment of relations between the two countries.
"Unfortunately, relations between our countries have gone through a period of drought in recent years. Now, I believe that relations between the countries will be examined in actions that reflect a spirit of mutual respect, and will allow us to better address the regional and global challenges we all share. Israel and Turkey can cooperate About this space that we all get to call "home".
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Herzog and Erdogan in Turkey, this month (Photo: Reuters)
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Herzog is the first Israeli president to visit Turkey since 2007, when then-president Shimon Peres arrived in Ankara.
This is also the first visit by a senior Israeli official to Ankara since 2008, when Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived at the time for a meeting with Erdogan, who would then mediate between Israel and Syria.
One week after that visit, Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip began, leading to a public outcry by Erdogan against Israel, which actually began the crisis in relations.
Herzog's visit comes amid statements by the Turkish president over the past year and more so since the formation of the new government in Israel that he is interested in warming relations with Israel after an ongoing crisis of nearly 15 years.
Senior Israeli officials claim that Erdogan's remarks come against the background of the difficult economic situation in Turkey, the strained relations with the Biden administration and the strengthening of Israel's regional status following the Abrahamic agreements.
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