Overview

• Turkey’s first lady sent the letter on Friday and the Turkish presidency published its text.
• She asked Melania Trump to write to Benjamin Netanyahu with a strong call to end the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
• Erdogan quoted Trump’s recent message that every child’s right to grow up safely is universal and indisputable.
• A global hunger monitor said Gaza City and nearby areas are in famine, a finding Netanyahu dismissed as an “outright lie.”
• The White House did not immediately comment as Gaza health authorities report more than 62,000 Palestinians killed since the war began after Oct. 7, 2023.