Turkish National Intelligence Director Ibrahim Kalin met Hamas Politburo chief Khalil al-Hayya in Ankara to discuss a roadmap for the second stage of Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, humanitarian aid, and regional cooperation with Qatar and Egypt.
Israel issued displacement orders and conducted air strikes in several Gaza areas, killing at least two people, despite a US-brokered ceasefire. The attacks coincide with a stalled US plan for Gaza and international calls from Egypt and the UK for accelerated international force deployment and humanitarian access.
UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Vanessa Frazier visited the Belgorod Region on April 30, becoming the first UN official to travel to the Russian border area. Russia's foreign ministry stated the visit provided objective firsthand information about the humanitarian situation in the region, which has been subjected to systematic terrorist shelling by Ukrainian armed forces. The ministry emphasized the visit demonstrated the deliberate terrorist nature of Kiev's actions against Russian civilians, accusing Western politicians and media of concealing this truth.
