Erdoğan: "Israel Should Fear Turkish Intervention as in Libya and Karabakh"
On July 28, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that his country might intervene in Israel to support the Palestinians, similar to its actions in Libya and Karabakh. However, Erdogan did not specify the nature of the potential intervention.
Erdoğan discussed the ongoing conflict during a speech focused on Turkey's defense industry. Clashes in Gaza erupted after Hamas, a group designated as a terrorist organization by the US and the EU, attacked Israel in October of the previous year.
"We must be very strong so that Israel cannot do the absurd things it is doing now in Palestine. Just as we entered Karabakh and Libya, we can do the same to them. There is nothing that cannot be done. Only we must be strong to be able to take these steps," Erdoğan stated at a meeting of the ruling AK Party in Riza.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz condemned Erdogan's statement on the X platform. "Erdoğan follows the path of Saddam Hussein and threatens to attack Israel. It would be good if he remembers what happened in Iraq and how it ended," Katz wrote in his post.