What's behind the claims Hamas is moving to Turkey?

For days, various media outlets have been briefed the same line by Israeli sources: Qatar asked Hamas to leave Doha, with Gaza ceasefire talks going nowhere.

Now there are new reports saying the Palestinian movement's leaders are moving to Turkey instead.

Qatar itself has formally denied that Hamas's political bureau in Doha is closing, though that hasn't stopped a narrative building that Turkey will become Hamas's main base of operations outside Palestine.

Officials in Ankara say they find the timing confusing and suspicious.

Turkish foreign ministry officials have repeatedly underlined this week that Hamas members have been in Turkey since Israel sent them there as part of the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal.

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