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Turkey, Hamas 'discuss second phase' of Gaza Strip plan

US envoy Steve Witkoff says talks are ongoing to prepare for phase two of the Gaza Strip truce. (AP PHOTO)

Turkey's MIT intelligence agency chief has met ‍Hamas' negotiating team head Khalil ​Al-Hayya and discussed necessary ⁠measures to be taken for proceeding to the second phase of the Gaza Strip peace plan, ‌Turkish security sources ​say.

The sources, speaking on ‍condition of anonymity, said MIT chief Ibrahim Kalin met the Hamas delegation in Istanbul within the scope ​of the Gaza Strip ‌ceasefire agreement and they discussed steps to ​be taken to prevent what ‍they said were Israel's ceasefire violations.

They also discussed measures ​to ​be taken ​to resolve existing issues ​for proceeding to the second phase of the plan, the sources also said, without giving details.

Representatives from ‍the United States, Egypt, Qatar ​and Turkey met ⁠on Friday in Miami, Florida, to review the next steps ‌on the ​ceasefire plan, according ‍to a joint statement issued on Saturday by US envoy Steve Witkoff.

"We ​reviewed ‌next steps in the phased ​implementation of the Comprehensive ‍Peace Plan for Gaza ... Further ​consultations ​will continue ​in the coming ​weeks to advance the implementation of phase two," the statement said.

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