Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Israel will pay a heavy price if it dares to assassinate members of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Turkey, in light of the continuing war launched by Tel Aviv on the Gaza Strip.
Erdogan explained that the world knows how far Turkey has come in the fields of intelligence and security, stressing that Hamas is a resistance movement fighting to protect its lands.
He said that the future of Gaza would be decided by the Palestinians and Israel must return the occupied territories. He refused to discuss a plan to form a “buffer zone” in Gaza and considered this a “lack of respect” for the Palestinians.
He added, “These lands (Gaza) belong to the Palestinians, and the Palestinian people are the ones who decide what will happen and who will rule them.”
Regarding a peace conference between Palestine and Israel, Erdogan said that Turkey is ready to assume the role of guarantor and also host the conference, provided that there is a real will for peace.
Erdogan criticized Western support for Israel and said, “If it were not for the support of all Western countries for Israel, especially the United States, we would not be facing such a scene in our region now.”
Erdogan accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of committing war crimes in Gaza and said, “Netanyahu will not be able to escape paying the price for what he did, and he will be tried and pay the price for the war crimes he committed sooner or later.”
He pointed out that Netanyahu is currently in a situation where he faces bankruptcy, and the bankruptcy flag may be raised at any moment, as he described it.
Since last October 7, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, which as of Tuesday evening left 16,248 dead, including 7,112 children and 4,885 women, in addition to 43,616 wounded, in addition to massive destruction of infrastructure and an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. According to official Palestinian and UN sources.