Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan has written to U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, and urged her to contact Israel's prime minister and raise the plight of children in Gaza.
Emine Erdogan wrote that she had been inspired by the letter Melania Trump sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month about children in Ukraine and Russia.
She recalled that more than 18,000 children have been killed in Israel's war against Hamas on the Gaza Strip.
"I have faith that the important sensitivity you have shown for the 648 Ukrainian children ... will be extended to Gaza as well," Emine Erdogan wrote in the letter.
The Turkish first lady urged Melania Trump to contact Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and raise the issue of Gaza children’s plight.
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