Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Yasin Akram Sarim said that his country will continue its initiatives in all platforms in order to reach a solution regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip.
This came in press statements from the Rafah crossing in the Egyptian city of Al-Arish on Monday, according to what Turkish diplomatic sources reported.
The sources indicated that Sarim and Deputy Interior Minister Munir Karaloglu held discussions in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, with the relevant deputies of the Egyptian Foreign Minister, officials in the Red Crescent, and the authorities concerned with disasters and emergencies in Egypt.
It indicated that the Turkish officials then went to the Rafah crossing in Al-Arish, where Turkish aid arrives, in preparation for its entry into the Gaza Strip.
At the crossing, Sarim and Karaloglu met with employees of the Turkish Embassy in Cairo supervising the procedures for evacuating Turkish citizens from Gaza through the crossing, and they met with some of the citizens who were evacuated today.
Sarim stressed that Turkey has been working from the beginning to help people in Gaza and remove Turkish citizens from the region.
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He said: “We are continuing our efforts in every platform to solve the problem.”
Sarim expressed his thanks to the Egyptian authorities for their cooperation, adding: “We have brothers in Gaza waiting to be evacuated, and we are continuing our work without interruption to ensure their exit as soon as possible.”
He stressed that Turkey will continue to do its utmost to ensure that the Palestinians obtain the peace and stability they deserve.
On November 24 of this year, a temporary humanitarian truce between Israel and the Palestinian factions entered into force at 07:00 local time (05:00 GMT) for a period of 4 days, subject to extension, under Qatari, Egyptian and American sponsorship.
The agreement included an exchange of prisoners and the introduction of humanitarian, relief, medical and fuel aid to all areas of the Strip, which is inhabited by about 2.3 million Palestinians.
On October 7, the Palestinian resistance launched an attack on the settlements surrounding the Gaza Strip, during which it killed more than 1,200 Israelis, wounded more than 5,000, and captured about 239, while Israel launched a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, leaving massive infrastructure destruction and tens of thousands dead and injured. Civilians, most of whom are children and women, in addition to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, according to official Palestinian and UN sources.
