Published October 29,2023
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Türkiye is doing all it could to ship humanitarian support to the Gaza Strip together with brokering a cease-fire between Israel and Palestine as quickly as attainable, the Turkish communications director stated Sunday.
“Turkish people showed their amazing spirit and support for our Palestinian brothers and sisters today in Istanbul,” Fahrettin Altun wrote on X.
“During the Great Palestine Rally, we have announced to the world that Palestine will never be left alone,” he stated. “Our President (Recep Tayyip) Erdoğan spoke the truth in the face of duplicity and cowardice displayed by so-called civilized and democratic countries around the world.”
“We cannot look the other way when war crimes are being committed by Israel against innocent civilians,” stated Altun.
He indicated that with all that Türkiye is doing, “the intransigence of the Israeli authorities is the major obstacle.”
“They seem only interested in conducting what amounts to ethnic cleansing in Gaza,” he acknowledged.
“As President Erdoğan said, we will hold Israel responsible by going to the international courts and lodge complaints about Israel’s war crimes,” he stated. “The international law protecting civilians cannot be trampled upon so brutally and brazenly.”
Altun urged the worldwide group to “wake up and take collective action against Israel.”
“Today’s UN vote is a step in the right direction that shows Israel is getting isolated in the eyes of the international community,” he stated.
“Those who protect Israel by using their veto power at the UNSC (UN Security Council) must feel ashamed of their enabling of and complicity in Israel’s war against civilians,” he stated.
“While we are going to maintain Israel accountable, we are going to proceed to push for a ceasefire and hold our doorways open for diplomatic initiatives.
“We cannot give up on diplomacy even if Israel is currently pursuing genocidal policies against the Palestinians.”
Gaza has been underneath relentless Israeli airstrikes since a shock offensive by Hamas on Oct. 7.
The Palestinian group had initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood — a multi-pronged shock assault that included a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into Israel by land, sea and air.
Israel responded with an uninterrupted marketing campaign of air raids, which intensified late Friday, together with floor actions amid an entire blackout of telecommunications and web networks.
At least 7,703 Palestinians, together with 3,595 youngsters, have been killed within the Israeli assaults, whereas the dying toll in Israel stands at greater than 1,400.
Gaza’s 2.3 million residents are additionally grappling with shortages of meals, water and drugs as a consequence of Israel’s blockade of the enclave. Only just a few support vans have crossed into Gaza for the reason that opening of the Rafah crossing level final weekend.
Source: www.anews.com.tr