Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country submitted documents and photos condemning Israel as part of the case filed against it before the International Court of Justice on charges of genocide. He also expressed his denunciation of the American-British attacks on Yemen.
Erdogan said – in statements to reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul today – that he expects Israel to be condemned in the case brought by South Africa, noting that “all the documents we presented had a great impact in The Hague.”
He continued, “We believe in the justice that will be achieved at the International Court of Justice, and we believe that it will condemn Israel,” pointing out that Ankara will continue to submit documents, many of which are visible.
At the same time, the Turkish president said that he would have liked to see his Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog, “be friendlier in this period,” but he “recently imitated (Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and began making completely different statements.”
Yesterday, Thursday, the first session was held in the case filed against Israel on charges of genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, as the South African legal team presented justifications for filing the case.
In the second session held – today, Friday – the Israeli team presented its response to these accusations related to the Israeli war on Gaza.
“Sea of blood”
On the other hand, the Turkish President denounced the strikes carried out by the United States and Britain in Yemen last night.
He said, “At the present time they are trying to turn the Red Sea into a sea of blood, and Yemen is saying through the Houthis and using all its power that it will make the necessary response in the region to the United States and Britain.”
Erdogan believed that these attacks “represent a disproportionate use of force, and Israel also uses such disproportionate force in Palestine.”
He added that Ankara heard from various channels that the Houthi forces are waging a “successful defense” against the United States and Britain, and that Iran is examining “how it can protect itself from everything that is happening.”
The White House announced on Friday – in a statement signed by 10 countries – that the US and British armed forces carried out joint attacks against targets in areas controlled by the Houthis in Yemen in response to their attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea, according to the statement.
For his part, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announced – in a televised statement – that 5 fighters from the group’s forces were killed as a result of 73 raids launched by American and British forces on 5 governorates in Yemen.