On 15 October 2023, Times of Israel said that Haniyeh “was politely sent away” from Turkey; Turkey officially denied these reports. Haniyeh later met with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Doha, Qatar.
On 16 October 2023, Haniyeh and Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan discussed the possibility of releasing the hostages taken during the Hamas attack on Israel. On 21 October 2023, Haniyeh spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan about the latest developments in the Israel–Hamas war and the current situation in Gaza.
On 1 November 2023, Haniyeh accused Israel of committing “barbaric massacres against unarmed civilians” after Israel conducted an attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in an operation targeting senior Hamas member Ibrahim Biari, and resolved that fighting would continue until “Palestinians obtain their ‘legitimate rights to freedom, independence and return'”.