Ankara has supplied to mediate between the Israelis and Palestinians amid rising tensions and violence between either side.
Türkiye is able to undertake a mediator function within the present Israeli-Palestinian rigidity, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated late Monday.
“I would like to state that Türkiye is ready for any kind of mediation, including prisoner exchanges if the parties request it.”
“We continue to step up our diplomatic contacts, which we have been maintaining for a while and have intensified even more in the last three days,” Erdoğan stated after a Cabinet assembly within the capital Ankara.
Erdoğan stated the conflict is topic to a ethical and moral code, including: “The sides are obliged to comply with that. As we always say, ‘There are no losers in a just peace.'”
Türkiye additionally calls on Israel to cease its bombing of Palestinian lands and urged Palestinians to cease their harassment of civilian settlements in Israel, he added.
“This is the day to act with a human conscience. This moderate step will also open the door to peace,” Erdoğan stated.
“The destruction of Gaza by air and ground attacks, the bombing of mosques, and the deaths of innocent children, women, elderly, and civilians are never acceptable,” Erdoğan careworn.
Türkiye can be making crucial preparations to provide humanitarian assist supplies that the folks of the Gaza Strip will want, he added, referring to devastation from Israeli airstrikes and the destruction of infrastructure there.
Gaza-based resistance group Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood in opposition to Israel early Saturday, firing a barrage of rockets. It stated the shock assault was in response to the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and rising settler violence.
In retaliation, the Israeli military launched Operation Swords of Iron in opposition to Hamas within the Gaza Strip.
The variety of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza has risen to 765, the Gaza-based Health Ministry stated Tuesday. It additionally stated the variety of injured surged to 2,900.
The Interior Ministry in Gaza stated the Israeli military has “intensified its aggression” on Gaza with lots of of raids.
The Israeli military stated it had struck over 500 targets in in a single day raids on Gaza, which they claimed had been targets belonging to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad teams.
At least 900 Israelis have been killed and over 2,600 others wounded within the combating, based on native media.
‘Sovereign, unbiased Palestine’
“Türkiye’s stance on this issue has been clear from the very beginning. We have recognized the state of Israel since 1949 and we maintain our diplomatic relations, although they were occasionally interrupted,” Erdoğan defined.
“We believe that there will be no peace in the region without the establishment of an independent sovereign state of Palestine with geographical integrity, within the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital,” he reiterated.
The president added that the issues within the area can’t be solved by “constantly harassing the Palestinian people, disregarding the safety of their life and property, seizing their homes and lands, destroying their infrastructure, and preventing their development.”
“We have always said and continue to say that we disapprove of letting a single innocent person get harmed, whether in Israel or Palestine’s lands. Our position has not changed,” he stated.
Ankara strongly helps a two-state answer to the Israel-Palestine battle, together with the institution of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Earlier Monday, Erdoğan held separate telephone calls each along with his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to debate the most recent scenario within the area.
“I expressed to both leaders our deep sorrow over the civilian deaths. We said we are ready to do our best to end the conflicts and restore peace as soon as possible,” Erdoğan added.
Türkiye, in the intervening time, continued its diplomatic efforts Tuesday as Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held mentioned the difficulty along with his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani.
Fidan and Tajani mentioned the most recent developments within the area over the telephone, the sources added.
Source: www.dailysabah.com