Crisis in Middle East: Israel: We will re-evaluate our relations with Turkey
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen announced that they had recalled their diplomats based in Turkey and that Tel Aviv would reconsider relations with Ankara. Cohen said, “We will re-evaluate our relations with Turkey”. Cohen’s statement came after Erdogan’s harsh criticism of Israel.
WHAT DID ERDOGAN SAY?
President and AKP Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a speech, expressed the opinion that Hamas was not a terrorist organization, and there were successive reactions from Israel.
Erdogan also directed harsh criticism at Israel at a large Palestinian Rally held in Istanbul today. ”Israel, you are an occupier, you are an organization,” Erdogan said, adding that Israel would be declared a war criminal. Erdogan used the expression, “You will pay a heavy price for this eventually.” Cohen’s statement came shortly after Erdogan’s speech.
THE LATEST IN THE ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT
November October 7, the armed wing of Hamas, the Izzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack on Israel under the name of “Aqsa Deluge”. The Israeli army also began an attack on the Gaza Strip with dozens of warplanes.
It was reported that 1,400 Israelis, (310 soldiers), had been killed and 5 thousand 132 Israelis were injured in the attacks carried out from Gaza.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the number of people killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza had increased to 7,703 including 3,195 children, 1,863 women, and 19,743 people had been injured.
