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| The Grand Turk | |
| Hamas leaders hold secret meeting in Turkey - report | |
| 2023-12-18 | |
| [JPost] Shhhhh it's a secret Senior Hamas officials held a secret meeting last week in Turkey, Israel's national broadcaster KAN revealed on Sunday night. At the head of the meeting were Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas Saleh al-Arouri, who attended from his residence in Beirut, and former Hamas chief Khaled Mashal, who lives in the Qatari capital, Doha. Several other senior Hamas officials attended, according to KAN. Turkey was deliberately chosen as the site of the meeting, as it was deemed safe enough for the leaders to meet there. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has continually used anti-Israel rhetoric since the start of the Israel-Hamas War, declaring Israel guilty of war crimes. The meeting was held to coordinate Hamas's next steps in the current conflict with Israel. Hamas leaders have yet to determine their next steps in the war, both within Gaza itself and the role of Iran-proxy group Hezbollah in Lebanon, but KAN reported that another hostage-prisoner deal may be on the table. On Sunday night, Egyptian officials stated that Israel and Hamas are both open to a renewed ceasefire and hostage release, although disagreements remain on how it would be implemented. The Hamas leadership chose to hold their secret meeting in a third country abroad and not by technological means, such as a video conference or an encrypted phone call, to allow everyone to sit and speak together in a secure environment to prevent Israeli intelligence from infiltrating.
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 Dead men talking. |
| Posted by: Javiter Dark Lord of the Faith7963 2023-12-18 16:34 |
| #3 Wait till they go to their nefarious evil genius lairs before tapping them. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-12-18 12:03 |
| #2 Check the waiter for a forehead callous. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-12-18 10:46 |
| #1 Doncha just hate it when your Super Secret Meeting ends up on the news? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-12-18 10:43 |