Turkey’s Leader Condemns Israeli ‘State Terrorism’ [Video]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Israel of being a terrorist state that is planning to push the war in Gaza into the wider Middle East.

His comments ahead of a session of the U.N. General Assembly follows a ramping up of regional tensions, with Israel’s military saying on Monday it had conducted “extensive” air strikes on 300 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.

Following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel that preceded the Gaza war, Erdogan has been at odds with other NATO members, blocking co-operation with Israel, a major non-member ally of the alliance.

Erdogan has also called Hamas a “liberation group” and told a meeting of his ruling AK Party in July that Turkey may enter Israel to help Palestinians in the war in the same way it has previously done during conflicts such as in Libya.