President Erdogan's encouraging words on Gaza: They now say 'immediately' for a ceasefire.

The President Erdogan, answering journalists' questions on the plane, stated that a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could happen at any moment, saying "But the whole issue is Netanyahu's attitude. Israel should not continue this cruelty, this savagery any longer."

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, returning from Berlin to Istanbul, where he went to watch the quarter-final match of the 2024 European Football Championship (EURO 2024) between the Turkish National Football Team and the Dutch National Team, made statements to the press about the agenda.

"THE WHOLE ISSUE IS NETANYAHU'S ATTITUDE"

Erdogan made the following evaluation regarding the recent developments in Gaza: "There have been some serious positive developments regarding Gaza for the past two or three days. The meetings between the head of MOSSAD and Hamas officials in Doha are mentioned. Some positive steps have been taken that envisage a permanent ceasefire. They now say 'moment by moment' for a ceasefire. That means accurate news can come from there at any moment. But the whole issue is Netanyahu's attitude. Israel should not continue this cruelty, this savagery any longer. Israel should stop persisting in these massacres and put an end to these inhumane attacks."

"THEY THREATEN LEBANON TO RELIEVE THEMSELVES"

In this regard, it is necessary for the international community, especially Western countries, to increase pressure on Israel. Israel is the one who has persisted in the attacks and continued the massacres. Israel is the one who tramples on human rights and international law. Now they are threatening Lebanon to spread the conflicts and relieve themselves. Israel should abandon its intention to spread the conflicts to the region. Western countries, especially the United States, should abandon their support for Israel at this point. Turkey has been in favor of peace from the very beginning. Turkey is the country that has voiced the need for an end to these conflicts and that a two-state solution within the 1967 borders will provide lasting peace in the loudest voice."

WHAT HAPPENED?

In a statement from the Israeli Prime Minister's Office, it was announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted to send the Israeli negotiation team again next week after Israeli Mossad Director David Barnea went to Doha, the capital of Qatar, to discuss the prisoner exchange proposal between Tel Aviv and Hamas. According to the news in the Israeli media, it was stated that the agreement between the parties could take a few weeks.

In a written statement made by Mossad on July 3, it was stated that the parties mediating in the prisoner exchange negotiations conveyed Hamas' response to the ceasefire proposal to the Israeli negotiation team.

Netanyahu announced that he decided to send a delegation from Israel to the negotiations to reach a prisoner exchange agreement between Tel Aviv and Hamas.