Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed satisfaction Thursday that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire in Gaza and thanked Donald Trump’s efforts to end the war.
“I am greatly pleased that the Hamas-Israel talks… have resulted in a ceasefire in Gaza, I especially thank US President, Mr. Trump, who demonstrated the necessary political will to encourage the Israeli government toward the ceasefire,” Erdoğan said on his official X account.
Turkey, which has been closely involved in the negotiations and sent a team to the talks in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, would “closely monitor the strict implementation of the agreement,” he added.
The agreement, which will be signed in Egypt on Thursday, involves freeing the remaining hostages and is a major step towards ending the two-year war that has killed tens of thousands of people and unleashed a humanitarian catastrophe.
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