Turkiye tells US that Israel’s attack on Rafah unacceptable, Turkish source says

Palestinians flee Rafah after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of the southern Gaza City in Rafah on May 15, 2024. (Reuters)
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  • Fidan also told Blinken that it was important to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza as soon as possible

ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told his US counterpart Antony Blinken in a call on Wednesday that Israel’s attack on the Gazan city of Rafah is unacceptable, a Turkish diplomatic source said.
Fidan also told Blinken that it was important to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza as soon as possible, while emphasising that obstacles to the access of humanitarian aid into the enclave must be removed, the source said.