Israel, its backers responsible for every death in Gaza: Turkish President Erdoğan
"The responsibility for every innocent person who dies in Gaza due to starvation, thirst, or lack of medicine lies with Israel and its supporters," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday in a news conference with his visiting Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the capital Ankara.
- Türkiye
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 06:02 | 04 September 2024
- Modified Date: 06:09 | 04 September 2024
Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday said Israel and its backers are responsible for every person who has died in Gaza due to severe food, water, and medicine shortages.
"The responsibility for every innocent person who dies in Gaza due to starvation, thirst, or lack of medicine lies with Israel and its supporters," Erdoğan said in a news conference with his visiting Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the capital Ankara.
Erdoğan stressed that the "culprits" who are behind the death of 41,000 people in Gaza should be standing in courtrooms, not at congressional podiums.
He underlined that Tel Aviv has maintained an "uncompromising, obstructive" stance in Gaza cease-fire talks with Palestinian groups.
Referring to the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of resistance group Hamas' political bureau, he said Tel Aviv showed its mentality by killing the person with whom it was negotiating a truce.
"Preventing Israel from dragging our region into further tension can only be achieved by abandoning ambivalent policies," Erdoğan further said.
On recent remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against Egypt, Erdoğan said Ankara rejects the accusations against Cairo.
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