Report: Hamas Leaders Have Quit Qatar, Heading to Turkey

Photo Credit: Hamas website

Former Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Meshaal

The international leaders of the Gaza-based Hamas terrorist organization have allegedly left their luxurious digs in Qatar and have moved instead to Turkey, according to a report Sunday night by KAN News.

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The terrorist officials reportedly made the move “in recent days,” the news outlet reported, quoting an unnamed Israeli official.

The move is expected to have some impact on the negotiations for the release of the 101 hostages still being held by the terrorist organization in Gaza, and for a ceasefire, KAN News reported.

Among those still being held are at least 50 who are no longer among the living, according to recent intelligence assessments. More than a dozen others, living and deceased, have been rescued through military operations in Gaza over the past year. Around 100 more were freed in a temporary ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas last November (2023), one month after the terrorist organization launched its horrific invasion of Israel, slaughtering at least 1,200 people and abducting 251 more. Another four people — including the bodies of two IDF soldiers who fell in battle — have been held by Hamas in Gaza since 2014.

It’s not yet clear whether all the Hamas leadership made the move, and if not, who did.

Ankara has long been a warm friend to Hamas, a vicious terrorist organization spawned by the Muslim Brotherhood, which is deeply supported by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Turkish president announced to reporters last week that his country has “severed all ties” with the State of Israel.