President Erdogan TOLD President Biden That Ismail Haniyeh's Murder Was A Scarce For Ceasefire Efforts

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Source: Presidency of The Republic of Turkey)

JAKARTA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told President Joe Biden the assassination of the Head of the Hamas Political Bureau has dealt a crushing blow to efforts to realize the ceasefire of the conflict in Gaza.

It was done when the Turkish leader held a telephone conversation with the President of the United States on Thursday to discuss a number of matters, as well as discuss the situation in the region.

"The killings carried out against the Head of the Political Bureau of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh have dealt a heavy blow to the ceasefire efforts, and Israel is trying to spread fires in Gaza throughout the region," President Erdogan said in a tweet on the Turkish President's X account, as quoted August 2.

"President Edogan underlined that Netanyahu's government has shown at every step, it is not aimed at a ceasefire or peace, that events in the US House of Representatives have caused deep disappointment in Turkey and the world," he tweeted.

The head of the Political Bureau of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an attack in Tehran, after attending the inauguration of the elected president Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday. Previously, he met Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Pezeshkian on separate occasions before the inauguration.

President @RTErdogan spoke by phone with President Joe Biden of the United States of America (U.S.).The call addressed the Türkiye-U.S. bilateral relations, the Gaza issue, the prisoner exchange that has taken place in Türkiye as well as regional and global developments.…

— Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye (@trpresidency) August 1, 2024

President @RTErdogan speech by phone with President Joe Biden of the United States of America (US).The call addressed the T\"urkiye-U.S. bilateral relations, the Gaza issue, the prisoner exchange that has taken place in T\"urkiye as well as regional and global developments....

The phone call discussed Turkey-US bilateral relations, Gaza issues, exchanges of prisoners that have occurred in Turkey as well as regional and global developments. President Erdogan noted that Turkey had and would continue to do its part so that Turkey-US relations could be improved in every area.

Separately, President Erdogan announced the day of national mourning on Friday (August 2) for the death of Haniyeh, to show support for the Palestinian struggle.

"I remember Ismail Haniyeh and all the Palestinian martyrs with mercy, and I extend my condolences to the Palestinian people on behalf of me and my nation," he tweeted.

Meanwhile, medical sources in Gaza on Thursday announced that at least 35 Palestinians were killed and 551 others injured in the past 24 hours as a result of an Israeli attack, quoted from WAFA.

Local health authorities confirmed that it resulted in the death toll of Palestinians as a result of the October 7 Israeli attack to 39,480 while 91,128 others were injured. The majority of victims were women and children.