Turkey says UN Gaza force plan delayed as Israel violates ceasefire

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says countries are still negotiating a UN Security Council mandate for an international stabilisation force in Gaza, with troop deployments to be decided once a framework is finalised.

Fidan spoke after ministers from several Muslim-majority states met in Istanbul to discuss the fragile US-brokered ceasefire, which Israel has been accused of breaching.

The meeting included representatives from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Turkey, some of whom could contribute troops to monitor the ceasefire. The group had also met US President Donald Trump in New York in September, shortly before Israel and Hamas agreed to the truce.

Fidan told reporters that “Israel’s repeated violations” were preventing the full implementation of the ceasefire, stressing that Tel Aviv must allow “unhindered humanitarian aid” into Gaza.