Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recommended that Ankara may think about using army power in opposition to Israel if essential, citing Turkey’s army interventions in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh. “Erdogan is following within the footsteps of Saddam Hussein, let him bear in mind how he ended up,” Israeli International Minister Israel Katz responded.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Talking in his hometown of Rize on Sunday, Erdogan careworn the necessity for Turkey to indicate power in response to Israel’s army actions within the Gaza Strip.
If we’re sturdy, Israel can not behave on this approach in direction of Palestine. Simply as we intervened in Karabakh and Libya, we will do the identical to them. There can be no purpose not to take action, he stated.
Who can assure that those that are destroying Gaza at present is not going to flip their consideration to Anatolia tomorrow? – requested the Turkish chief.
State-run Anadolu Company omitted this a part of the president’s speech within the model it circulated amongst its subscribers.
These phrases had been commented on by Israeli diplomat Israel Kac.
“Erdogan is following within the footsteps of Saddam Hussein and threatening to assault Israel. He ought to merely bear in mind what occurred then and the way it ended,” he wrote on social media.
Turkey performed a direct position within the Second Karabakh Struggle between Armenia and Azerbaijan, supplying army drones to the latter. In Libya’s 2020 civil conflict, it helped the UN-recognized Authorities of Nationwide Accord (GNA) in Tripoli repel an offensive by warlord Khalifa Haftar’s forces, backed by Russian mercenaries.
Relations between Israel and Turkey have deteriorated sharply because the Palestinian-Israeli battle intensified in early October 2023. In response to Israel’s accusations of conflict crimes, the Israeli International Ministry recalled a few of its diplomats from Ankara. Turkey recalled its ambassador to Tel Aviv for consultations.
