Published October 11,2023
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Israel‘s latest “disproportionate and unfounded” assaults on Gaza might lead it to worldwide disrepute, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned on Wednesday.
“The disproportionate and unscrupulous attacks on Gaza could bring Israel into an unexpected and undesirable place in the eyes of world public opinion,” Erdoğan stated at his Justice and Development (AK) Party’s group assembly within the capital Ankara.
“Bombing civilian settlements, deliberately killing civilians, blocking vehicles (that are) bringing humanitarian aid to the region, and trying to present all of these as skills can only be a reflex of a (terrorist) organization, not a state,” he stated, including: “Israel should not forget that if it acts like an organization, not as a state, it will eventually come to be seen like one.”
On the latest Israeli-Palestinian battle that erupted late final week, Erdoğan stated Türkiye doesn’t discover any motion in opposition to civilians or any assault focusing on civilian settlements to be justified.
“A conflict carried out with all kinds of shameful methods is not a war but a massacre,” the president pressured.
Erdoğan additionally stated that peace between Israel and Palestine could also be attainable with a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
In a dramatic escalation of Mideast tensions, Israeli forces have launched a sustained and forceful army marketing campaign in opposition to the Gaza Strip, a response to a army offensive by the Palestinian group Hamas in Israeli territories.
The battle started on Saturday when Hamas initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood in opposition to Israel, a multi-pronged shock assault together with a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into Israel by way of land, sea, and air, which Hamas stated was in retaliation for the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and Israeli settlers’ rising violence in opposition to Palestinians.
In response to Hamas’ actions, the Israeli army launched Operation Swords of Iron in opposition to Hamas targets throughout the Gaza Strip. Israel’s response has prolonged into slicing water and electrical energy provides to Gaza, additional worsening the residing situations in an space that has reeled beneath a crippling siege since 2007.
”TÜRKİYE WILL NEVER GIVE RESPITE TO TERRORISTS”
Terrorists from northern Iraq or Syria plotting to assault Türkiye will discover no relaxation from Turkish safety forces, Erdoğan additionally said throughout the assembly.
“We do not give any respite to the terrorists who are preparing to attack our country from their lairs in northern Iraq or Syria or to harass our elements in the region,” he stated.
Erdoğan added that Türkiye will proceed stepping up intense air operations in northern Iraq and Syria, “showing that we are committed to eliminating terrorist group members at any time and wherever they may be.”
Türkiye has just lately been finishing up airstrikes in northern Syria and Iraq to remove terrorist assaults on the Turkish folks and safety forces by “neutralizing” PKK/YPG and different terrorist parts to make sure border safety based mostly on its proper to self-defense beneath Article 51 of the UN Charter.
The airstrikes adopted a foiled assault in Türkiye’s capital Ankara. On Oct. 1, a suicide bomber blew himself up in entrance of the Interior Ministry constructing, whereas one other terrorist was killed by safety forces on the entrance gate. Two cops suffered minor accidents within the assault. The Turkish Interior Ministry confirmed the attackers’ ties to the PKK terrorist group.
In its greater than 35-year terror marketing campaign in opposition to Türkiye, the PKK-listed as a terrorist group by Türkiye, the U.S., and EU-has been answerable for the deaths of over 40,000 folks, together with girls, youngsters, and infants. The YPG is the PKK’s Syrian offshoot.
Source: www.anews.com.tr