Turkish official urges permanent truce for conflict

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the Gaza Strip is part of Palestine, must remain so "and be treated as such", and called for building on the momentum of last month's Sharm El-Sheikh peace agreement — the basis of the current Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza — to make the truce permanent. He made the remarks following a meeting with Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty in Ankara on Wednesday. The two officials met as they co-chaired the first meeting of the Turkiye-Egypt Joint