Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan said yesterday that what we are witnessing in Gaza goes\u00a0beyond self-defence, it is \u201cinjustice, barbarism and massacres\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added, in statements reported by\u00a0Al Jazeera<\/em>, that \u201cinnocent women and children are the majority of the victims, and we cannot remain silent about what we see,\u201d noting that \u201cwhat is happening in Gaza goes beyond self-defence and has turned into injustice, barbarism and massacres.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Turkish President stressed that \u201call Western countries supported the Israeli attack without restriction instead of advising them to remain calm, so where are human rights?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey are sending aircraft carriers instead of aid ships, and this is a double standard and a two-faced policy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhoever is silent about the truth is a dumb devil, and we will not hesitate to speak the truth even if we remain alone,\u201d he continued, asking: \u201cHow many children must be killed until a ceasefire is agreed upon?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the past 20 days the Israeli occupation army has continued to target Gaza with intense air strikes that have killed 7,028 Palestinians, including 2,913 children, 1,709 women, and 397 elderly people, and injured 18,484 people, in addition to more than 1,650 people missing under the rubble. An unprecedented humanitarian disaster has unfolded as a result of the cut-off of supplies like electricity, water, fuel and treatment in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Previously, the Turkish president admired Hamas as a “liberation and Mujahideen group”. Erdo\u011fan also slammed Western powers for supporting Israel\u2019s bombing of Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire, the unhindered entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and for Muslim countries to work together to stop the violence. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan said yesterday that what we are witnessing in Gaza goes\u00a0beyond self-defence, it is \u201cinjustice, barbarism and massacres\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c59-islamic-world"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\u201cHamas is not a terrorist organisation, but a liberation group, a mujahideen group that struggles to protect its lands and citizens,\u201d the Turkish president\u00a0told lawmakers\u00a0from his ruling AK Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: MEM<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n