Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed on Wednesday, August 12, Turkey's support for the creation of a Palestinian state. In Ankara, Mahmoud Abbas defended the Joint Defense Agreement of Mecca (Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey) and thanked Turkey for its support. Erdogan also condemned Israeli actions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem and cited the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Israel holds the remains of about 1,700 Palestinians to use them as a bargaining chip in future negotiations. The information was released by the Haaretz newspaper on August 11. Currently, no Israeli person remains detained by Palestinian resistance factions.