Overview
- Talks in Istanbul bring together foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan and Indonesia, with sessions scheduled to start around 1100 GMT.
- Hakan Fidan met a Hamas delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya ahead of the gathering, signaling Turkey’s direct engagement with the group’s negotiators.
- Turkey plans to push for arrangements that place Gaza’s security and administration in Palestinian hands and to press for a sharp increase in humanitarian aid, which it says remains insufficient.
- Pakistan’s Ishaq Dar is attending and will call for full implementation of the ceasefire and complete Israeli withdrawal, alongside demands for unfettered relief and reconstruction.
- Israel has reiterated it will not accept Turkish troops in any proposed stabilisation force for Gaza, as the weeks-old truce continues to be tested by reported Israeli strikes and other violence.