Ankara –
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there are more than 1,000 members of the militant group Hamas treatment in a Turkish hospital. They were dealt with in the middle of the ongoing war Gaza.
Erdogan, who has been a vocal critic of Israel’s war in the Palestinian territories following the October 7 attack by Hamas, made the announcement to journalists, saying he believed it was an “extremist group”. in Hamas.
“So many members of Hamas were killed. Western countries attacked them with all kinds of weapons and ammunition,” he said, as reported by AFPTuesday (14/5/2024).
“Calling Hamas… a terrorist group is cruel,” he said, adding that Greece and Turkey disagreed on this “very important” question.
Hamas is designated as a terrorist organization by Israel, the United States and the European Union, among others.
As a result of the October 7 attack on Israel, more than 1,170 people were killed, most of them civilians, according to the count. AFP based on official Israeli figures.
The militants also held around 250 people hostage, most of whom were released during a week-long ceasefire in November.
Israeli bombing and attacks on Gaza have killed more than 35,000 people, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-controlled area.
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2024-05-13 17:43:37
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