Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the Islamic world to take action against Israel in response to the latest deadly attack in the Gaza Strip.
Erdogan, 70, told lawmakers from his AKP party today that Israel posed a threat to “all of humanity.”
He said: “I have a few words to say to the Islamic world: what are you waiting for to make a common decision?” Erdogan, who leads a Muslim-majority country of 85 million people, told lawmakers from his AKP party.
“Israel is not only a threat to Gaza but to all humanity,” he said.
“No state is safe as long as Israel does not follow international law and does not feel bound by international law,” Erdogan added, repeating an accusation that Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza.
He also called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “vampire” and accused him of killing “innocent civilians in their tents.” He also took aim at the West for being “complicit” in the ongoing war in the Middle East.
Erdogan, 70 (pictured), told lawmakers from his AKP party today that Israel posed a threat to “all humanity”.
Palestinians, carrying their personal belongings, migrate to areas they consider safe after the Israeli army attacked tents in Al-Mawasi.
Erdogan also called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (pictured) a “vampire” and accused him of killing “innocent civilians in his tents.”
‘United States, this blood is also on your hands. “Heads of state in Europe, you have become complicit in Israel’s vampirism because you remained silent,” Erdogan said.
“No ideology considers it legitimate to burn innocent civilians to death in their tents. The world is seeing live the barbarity of this vampire called Netanyahu,’ he added.
Erdogan’s fiery comments came as the U.N. Security Council met to discuss a deadly Israeli attack on a displaced persons camp west of Rafah on Tuesday that killed 21 people, according to a civil defense official in Gaza-ruled Gaza. Hamas.
Nearly two dozen people were killed in the attack on the tent camp west of the city on Tuesday, just days after 45 people died at a camp for displaced Palestinians that was burned to the ground.
Gaza health authorities said yesterday that the city’s second tent camp had been hit by Israeli tank shells, in an area Israel designated as a civil evacuation zone. The IDF denied attacking the al-Mawasi area, west of Rafah.
Palestinians cry near makeshift tents after the Israeli bombing of a refugee camp in the al-Mawasi area, west of Rafah.
Despite the scenes of horror, Israel appears set to continue the fight, with one national security adviser openly admitting that the war with Hamas would likely last until the end of the year.
Despite the scenes of horror, Israel appears set to continue the fight, with a national security adviser openly admitting that the war with Hamas was likely to last until the end of the year.
In an interview with Israeli public broadcaster Kan on Wednesday, Tzachi Hanegbi said that “we expect another seven months of fighting” to destroy the military and governance capabilities of Hamas and the smaller militant group Islamic Jihad.
His comments came as Israel finds itself increasingly isolated on the world stage, nearly eight months into the war sparked by the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, with even the United States and other close allies expressing outrage over the toll. civilians.
Hanegbi defended Israel’s current operations in Rafah, on Gaza’s border with Egypt, saying the border had become a “smuggling kingdom” since Hamas took power in Gaza in 2007.
“Every rocket, every explosive device, every shot fired against Israel is because that border was crossed,” he said.
He said Israel now controls about 75% of the narrow buffer zone between Egypt and Gaza that was created as part of the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.
Egypt has expressed serious concerns about the Israeli offensive in Rafah, saying it threatens the peace treaty.