Israel’s security service claims to have dismantled “terrorist cells” operating under the direction of a Hamas base in Turkey. According to Turkey, the claims are lies and an attempt to divert attention from the war in Gaza.
The Turkish administration rejects Israel’s claims that Turkey has armed and financed the Palestinian extremist organization Hamas. According to Turkey, Israel’s claims are lies and an attempt to divert attention away from the war in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz accused the president of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for supplying weapons and funds to Hamas “to kill Israelis”.
In a Turkish-language publication on the X messaging service, Katz claimed that Israel’s security service had broken up “terrorist cells” operating under the direction of a Hamas base in Turkey.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry responded to the claim, saying that Katz “is trying to hide the crimes committed by Israel against the Palestinians behind lies, slander and contempt.”
– Israel’s dirty propaganda and psychological pressure on our country and our president will remain ineffective, the ministry added.
According to the Ministry of Health under Hamas, the Israeli military operation against Hamas has already killed almost 39,000 people in the Gaza Strip, most of them women and children.
The Turkish administration has strongly criticized Israel’s military actions in Gaza and President Erdoğan has repeatedly engaged in a war of words with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with. Among other things, Erdoğan has accused Netanyahu of trying to spread the war beyond Gaza to the entire Middle East region.
– Turkey will continue to defend the Palestinians’ right to live in peace and justice, the Turkish Foreign Ministry adds.
Israel began its operation in Gaza shortly after Hamas carried out a terrorist attack in Israel on October 7. According to the Israeli authorities, around 1,200 people were killed in the attack. In addition, Hamas took hostages from Israel and took them to Gaza.
Source: AFP