Hamas is not a terrorist group — Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (File photo: Jordan News)
ANKARATurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Israel “can view Hamas as a terrorist organization along with the West, but Hamas is not a terrorist organization, it is a group of mujahideen defending their lands.”اضافة اعلان

He was speaking to a gathering of his AK party in parliament on Wednesday. Erdogan also said he is canceling plans to visit Israel because of its “inhumane” war. "We had a plan to go to Israel, but it was canceled, we will not go,” he said.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, speaking in Qatar, accused Israel of “a crime against humanity” in its campaign in Gaza.

“Targeting our Palestinian brothers, including children, patients and the elderly, even in schools, hospitals and mosques, is a crime against humanity,” he said, alongside Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani.


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