Erdogan Threatens Military Invasion of Israel Amid Escalating Gaza Conflict and Regional Tensions

ERDOGAN THREATENS Israel Over Gaza War

The leader of Turkey escalated the rhetoric from NATO’s second-largest military to military action in Israel on Sunday in an attempt to end Jerusalem’s conflict in Gaza.

 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that Turkey “must be very strong so that Israel can’t do these ridiculous things to Palestine” during a meeting with his Justice and Development Party (AKP).

 

According to a Reuters story, he stated, “We might do something similar to them, just like we entered Karabakh, just like we entered Libya.”

 

Returning with a bang, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said that Erdoğan would suffer a fate as lethal as that of Saddam Hussein, the last president of Iraq, who was hanged in 2006.

 

“Erdoğan threatens to attack Israel, just like Saddam Hussein did.” In a statement uploaded on X with a photo of Erdoğan with the former Iraqi leader, Katz said, “Just let him remember what happened there and how it ended.”

 

The U.S. State Department, the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C., and NATO were not immediately available for comment on efforts to defuse tensions between the NATO member state and the United States’ foremost Middle East partner, according to Fox News Digital.

 

The Turkish president’s threats coincide with Israel’s growing confrontation with Islamic extremists, such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and Houthi, who are supported by Iran.

 

Erdogan has been a vocal opponent of the Gaza War, but he did not specify what Turkish military action might involve. “There’s no reason this can’t be done.” Erdogan addressed AKP party officials, saying, “We need to be strong to take these actions.”

The Turkish leader seemed to be alluding to the military action that Turkey’s capital, Ankara, carried out in 2020 when it dispatched troops to protect Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord during the country’s civil war, which began in 2014.

 

Turkey claims to be conducting “anti-terror” operations against Armenian separatists in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, but it has denied any direct involvement in the military action.

 

But Ankara purportedly declared in 2023 that it was going to use “all means” to back its ally, including military instruction.

 

Although the Turkish leader and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have frequently traded scathing jabs over the years, Netanyahu has not officially addressed Erdoğan’s remarks.

 

Regarding Israel’s harsh actions against Palestinians and Turkey’s protracted battle against Kurdish terrorists, Netanyahu and Erdoğan have both drawn comparisons to Adolf Hitler.