Erdoğan blasts Israel that carried out “non-stop massacres” against Palestinians for pursuing 'extermination' strategy in Gaza Strip

"Israel is implementing a strategy of total destruction of a city and its people by deliberately targeting schools, mosques, churches, hospitals, markets, buildings and streets," Turkish leader Erdoğan told members of his ruling AK Party in Ankara on Wednesday.

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Published Date: 03:56 | 15 November 2023
Modified Date: 04:00 | 15 November 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed Israel for pursuing a strategy of extermination against the people of the besieged Gaza Strip and called it a "terror state."
"Israel is implementing a strategy of total destruction of a city and its people by deliberately targeting schools, mosques, churches, hospitals, markets, buildings and streets," Erdoğan told members of the ruling AK Party in Ankara on Wednesday.

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Erdoğan further called Israel a "terror state" and accused it of carrying out "non-stop massacres" in Gaza with "limitless support from America and the Western countries."

Erdoğan addressed Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying: "You are threatening with an atomic bomb, a nuclear bomb. It does not matter what you have, you are a goner."

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Israel has launched relentless air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Oct. 7.

At least 11,320 Palestinians have been killed, including nearly 7,800 women and children, and over 29,200 others have been injured, according to the latest figures from Palestinian authorities.

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Thousands of buildings, including hospitals, mosques, and churches, have been damaged or destroyed in the Israeli offensive.

The Israeli death toll, meanwhile, stands at 1,200, according to official figures.

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