Turkey said on Tuesday that it will accept 15 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel under the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
The National Intelligence Organisation would oversee the transfer of 15 exiled Palestinians to Turkey via Egypt in the initial phase, the Turkish presidency said in a statement.
Israel said in the ceasefire agreement that some prisoners serving life sentences would not be allowed to return to Palestine.
In this context, Turkey has agreed to accept some individuals on humanitarian grounds, the statement added, NAN reports.
This is coming less than a few days after Israel said Palestinians could start returning to the north of the war-battered Gaza Strip after a deal was reached with Hamas for the release of another six hostages.
DAILY POST reports that since the ceasefire deal took effect on January 19, Hamas has released 18 hostages in exchange for Israel freeing hundreds of Palestinians from its prisons.
Recall that four Israeli female soldiers that were held captive by Hamas for 477 days were recently released under the ongoing ceasefire agreement.
Meanwhile, United States President Donald Trump had said Gaza had become a “demolition site”, adding he had spoken to Jordan’s King Abdullah II about moving Palestinians out.
“I’d like Egypt to take people. And I’d like Jordan to take people,” Trump told reporters.
