Overview
- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Qatar’s Emir in Doha as Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held talks with a Hamas delegation to safeguard the truce.
- Turkey reiterated readiness to participate in a proposed international stabilisation force for Gaza, with officials saying the structure and participants remain under discussion.
- A Turkish diplomatic source said the prospective force is expected to include a military component, pending positions from the United States and Israel.
- Turkey has deployed 81 disaster-response specialists who are waiting at the Egyptian border for clearance to enter Gaza to recover bodies, including hostages believed buried in collapsed structures.
- Erdogan’s Gulf tour produced new economic and defence agreements, including a $489 million Kuwaiti contract for Turkish firm Kuzu, while Ankara and Doha discussed defence cooperation and reported talks on transferring Qatari Eurofighter jets.