The US has said it would warn the Turkish government that there could be “no more business as usual” with Hamas after members of the Palestinian militant group’s political leadership reportedly moved to Turkey.
State department spokesman Matt Miller on Monday told reporters: “We don’t believe that the leaders of a vicious terrorist organisation should be living comfortably anywhere, and that certainly includes in a major city of one of our key allies and partners.”
Miller added he could neither confirm nor deny reports that officials from the Palestinian militant group’s political leadership had relocated from Qatar to the Nato ally. But he said: “There can be no more business as usual with Hamas.”