File picture of Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday (October 7, 2024) vowed that Israel would pay a value for the “genocide” in Gaza as he marked the primary anniversary of the struggle in response to the October 7 assault by Hamas.
“It shouldn’t be forgotten that Israel will eventually pay the worth for this genocide that it has been finishing up for a 12 months and continues to be persevering with,” he mentioned on X, previously Twitter.
A vocal advocate of the Palestinian trigger, together with Hamas, Mr. Erdogan has typically attacked Israel, branding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the “butcher of Gaza” and evaluating him to Nazi Germany’s Adolf Hitler.
“Simply as Hitler was stopped by an alliance of humanity, Mr. Netanyahu and his homicide community might be stopped in the identical method,” Mr. Erdogan mentioned.
“A world during which no account is held for the Gaza genocide won’t ever discover peace.”
The Turkish chief, who typically lauded Hamas as freedom fighters, mentioned what has been massacred earlier than the eyes of your complete world for precisely one 12 months “is definitely all of humanity, and all of humanity’s hopes for the long run”.
Mr. Erdogan additionally criticised the worldwide system’s failure to cease the battle in Gaza and now in Lebanon and mentioned: “Israel’s long-standing coverage of genocide, occupation and invasion should now come to an finish.”
Revealed – October 07, 2024 05:03 pm IST
