Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced on
X that he summoned the Turkish ambassador “to convey a clear message to Erdogan”.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry summoned Turkiye’s ambassador on Friday over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli foreign minister Israel Katz announced on X that he summoned the Turkish ambassador “for a harsh condemnation meeting and to convey a clear message to Erdogan”.
He accused the Turkish leader of being someone who “supports Hamas terrorists who burn babies, murderers, rapists and dismember bodies”.
Katz’s comments come amid an escalation of tension between Erdogan and Netanyahu.
At an election rally this week, Erdogan stated that “we leave a certain person called Netanyahu to our Lord. May God make him miserable.”
The comments came in regard to Israel’s ongoing genocidal war in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Calling Erdogan “the last person who can talk about God”, Katz said he “should be silent and ashamed” because “there is no God who will listen to those who support the brutality and crimes against humanity committed by your barbarian friends from Hamas”.
Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oncu Keceli hit back at Katz, saying that “Türkiye will continue to speak the truth, and bring the indescribable persecution of the Palestinian people to the global agenda.”
“The crimes committed by Israel in Gaza over the past six months can no longer be hidden, and Israel is on trial for genocide,” Keceli wrote in a post on social media.
