War between Israel and Hamas: Turkish President Erdogan sees “no difference” between Netanyahu and Hitler

Fierce skirmish between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Benjamin Netanyahu. Turkey’s president said Wednesday there is “no difference” between the Israeli prime minister and Adolf Hitler. “How are you different from Hitler?” “introduced Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the Israeli leader during a ceremony in Ankara.

The Israeli Prime Minister responded immediately. “Erdogan, who commits genocide against the Kurds and holds the world record for jailing journalists who oppose his regime, is the last person who can preach morality to us,” he retorted in a statement.

Accusing Recep Tayyip Erdogan of welcoming Hamas leaders, Benjamin Netanyahu defended the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military is “fighting to eliminate the most heinous and brutal terrorist organization in the world,” he said, referring to Hamas, adding that the Palestinian movement has “committed crimes against humanity.”

Invective

Since the outbreak of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the head of state of Turkey, a traditional ally of the Palestinian cause, has stepped up his insults against Israel and also denounced US support for the Israeli government.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan specifically called Israel a “terrorist” and “genocidal” state due to the intensive bombing of the Palestinian territory of Gaza carried out by the Israeli army in retaliation for the killing of about 1,140 people, mostly civilians. Hamas movement October 7.

During these military operations in the Gaza Strip, 21,110 people, most of them civilians, were killed and 55,243 were injured, according to a new Hamas Health Ministry report released on Wednesday.