Turkish president receives Palestinian siblings injured in Gaza

ANKARA

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday received Mohammed Khalil Salman, 13, and his 11-year-old sister Rahaf, two Palestinian siblings who were treated in a Turkish hospital following an Israeli attack.

The closed-door meeting was held at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara.

The siblings were both injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip on Aug. 6 last year.

The two siblings were brought to Türkiye on Aug. 18 for treatment by order of Erdogan.

*Writing by Zehra Nur Duz