Turkey will on Monday engage leaders from the Islamic world to leverage their influence over Gaza\u2019s future, amid growing concerns about the stability of a ceasefire that has lasted just a few weeks. The truce, brokered on October 10 by US President Donald Trump to end the two-year-long Israel-Hamas conflict, has been increasingly fragile, challenged by ongoing Israeli strikes and reports of Palestinian attacks on Israeli forces. Turkey, one of the most vocal critics of Israel\u2019s Gaza offensive, will host the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan, and Indonesia in Istanbul on Monday. These senior diplomats had previously been consulted by Trump in late September during the UN General Assembly in New York, shortly before he unveiled his plan to halt the fighting in Gaza. According to Turkish foreign ministry sources, Ankara plans to urge the visiting ministers to support measures that would allow Palestinians greater control over Gaza\u2019s security and governance. On the eve of the meeting, Turkey\u2019s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also received a Hamas delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya, the movement\u2019s chief negotiator. \u201cWe must end the massacre in Gaza. A ceasefire in itself is not enough,\u201d Fidan said, arguing for the two-state solution to the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict. \u201cWe should recognise that Gaza should be governed by the Palestinians, and act with caution,\u201d he added. Turkey-Israel tensions Besides its denunciations of Israel, Turkey has been instrumental in backing Hamas. Fidan, who has accused Israel of seeking excuses to break Trump\u2019s truce, is also expected to repeat calls for Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza, which is wracked by hunger and tens of thousands of deaths from the Israeli army\u2019s offensive. Yet Israel has long viewed Turkey\u2019s diplomatic overtures, including towards Trump, with suspicion as a result of the country\u2019s closeness to Hamas. Israeli leaders have repeatedly voiced their opposition to Turkey, a NATO member with one of the region\u2019s most credible militaries, having any role in the international peacekeeping force mooted for Gaza. Under Trump\u2019s plan, that stabilisation mission is meant to take over in the wake of the Israeli army\u2019s withdrawal from the Palestinian territory. A Turkish disaster relief team, sent to help efforts to recover the many bodies buried under Gaza\u2019s rubble \u2014 including those of Israeli hostages seized by Hamas \u2014 has likewise been stuck at the border because of the Israeli government\u2019s refusal to let them in, according to Ankara.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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