Israel Says Erdogan Supplying Arms and Money to Hamas ‘To Kill Israelis’; Turkey Rejects Claims

According to a report by Al Jazeera, Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz has accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of “supplying arms and money to Hamas to kill Israelis”.

In a post on X, Katz claimed that Israeli security services had dismantled “terrorist cells” that were “under directions from Hamas headquarters in Turkey”.

Turkey has strongly rejected these allegations, calling them “lies”. In a statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that Israel’s top diplomat was “trying to conceal the crimes committed by Israel against the Palestinians behind a series of lies, slander and disrespect”.

“But Israel’s dirty propaganda and psychological pressure aimed at our country and our president will remain ineffective,” the ministry added.

The accusations come amid Israel’s ongoing military offensive against Hamas in Gaza, which has killed at least 38,983 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to local health authorities. Turkey has been a vocal critic of Israel’s actions, with Erdogan repeatedly trading barbs with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Erdogan has dubbed Netanyahu the “butcher of Gaza” and accused him of seeking to “spread the war” across the Middle East. The Turkish president has also urged the U.S. to pressure Israel to end the “oppression” in Gaza.

Despite Israel’s claims, Turkey maintains that it will continue to defend the rights of the Palestinian people. The diplomatic tensions between the two countries have escalated in recent months, with ambassadors withdrawn as a precautionary measure……See_More