Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a telephone name together with his Palestinian counterpart Mohammad Mustafa. Fidan and Mustafa, who additionally serves because the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, mentioned the necessity for an enduring and rapid cease-fire in Gaza.
Fidan requested Mustafa in regards to the newest scenario within the West Bank and renewed Türkiye’s pledge for political and financial help to Palestine, Foreign Ministry sources stated on Tuesday.
Mustafa visited Türkiye final month, a number of months after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ historic deal with to the Turkish Parliament.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Turkish authorities have been outspoken of their opposition to Israel’s brutal offensive on Gaza and, extra not too long ago, in Lebanon.
The offensive, now in its second yr, has killed over 45,000 individuals, principally girls and youngsters, and left most of Gaza a devastated, uninhabitable wasteland, with meals, drugs and water all briefly provide.
Gaza’s inhabitants has declined by 6% on account of Israel’s genocidal conflict, official figures confirmed on Tuesday. Ola Awad, head of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), stated the territory’s inhabitants dropped to 2.1 million, down by 160,000 individuals since 2023. The PCBS estimated the Palestinian inhabitants at round 15 million, together with 5.5 dwelling in Gaza and the West Bank, 1.8 million inside Israel and the remainder within the diaspora worldwide.
The Israeli military continued its genocidal conflict on Gaza since a Hamas assault on Oct. 7, 2023, regardless of a U.N. Security Council decision calling for an instantaneous cease-fire.
In November, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for conflict crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity in Gaza. Israel additionally faces a genocide case on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for its conflict on the enclave.
Source: www.dailysabah.com