Israel aims at silencing the truth by cutting off Gazans' electricity, Erdoğan says | "Türkiye has revealed dozens of lies spread by Israel"

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday accused Israel of "committing war crimes" in Gaza by preventing the access of people in the besieged enclave to electricity, water and food.

"Israel, which commits a war crime by cutting off electricity, water and food, is trying to prevent the oppression of the people in Gaza from being heard by cutting off their communication with the outside," Erdoğan said in a video message sent to the International Strategic Communication (Stratcom) Summit in Istanbul.

Erdoğan stressed in his comments that Türkiye has exposed numerous false claims made by Israel through the Center for Combating Disinformation.

Erdoğan further mentioned that Israel's tactics of restricting Gazans' access to electricity, water, and food are aimed at silencing the truth.

"Civilians that Israel deliberately targets are not limited to children and women. Israel also kills journalists who are trying to reveal the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza to the world despite all the difficulties. Dozens of journalists have been killed so far in Israeli attacks," the Turkish leader said in a statement.