Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has met the chief of the Palestinian militant organization Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, during a visit to Qatar, the state news agency Anadolu reported on Wednesday, citing diplomatic sources.
The issues they discussed included a ceasefire in the Gaza war and the release of hostages, Anadolu reported.
According to media reports, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also wants to meet Haniyeh in Turkey at the weekend.
Erdoğan attacked the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again on Wednesday. He said Netanyahu was responsible for the deaths of thousands of children and had "long since surpassed Hitler."
Erdoğan has already repeatedly compared Netanyahu to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in the past and accused the Israeli head of government of committing a "massacre" in the Gaza Strip. Israel has repeatedly and firmly rejected Erdoğan's statements.
It was not initially known when exactly the meeting between Erdoğan and Haniyeh would take place.
