Erdogan threatens Israel: ‘Like we entered Karabakh and Libya – we will do the same to Israel’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made statements against Israel and even threatened to invade Israeli territory, Israeli media reported on Sunday.

“Just as we entered Karabakh and Libya, we will do the same to Israel,” Erdogan said during a party meeting, referring to the Nagorno-Karabagh dispute and Libya, which have had Turkish troops. 

Erdogan’s threats come amid a dramatic flare-up in the nine-month cross-border war between the IDF and Hezbollah. A Hezbollah-launched Iranian rocket landed in the Druze village of Majdal Sham in the Golan Heights on Saturday, killing 12 children.

Turkey responds to Middle East crisis 

The Turkey leader spoke as the international community is scrambling to avert a larger Israeli-Lebanese war and or a regional one.

Turkey, however, is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and as such, it is unlikely that it could intervene militarily in the IDF-Hezbollah conflict.

Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan: Savunma sanayiinde bizim ithalat, ihracatımız neydi nereye geldik. Ama bunların hiçbiri bizi aldatmasın. Biz çok güçlü olmalıyız ki, bu İsrail Filistin’e bunu yapamasın. pic.twitter.com/pGKPTDZ70s

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Tensions have been high in Ankara and Jerusalem since the Hamas-led invasion of southern Israel on October 7.

Turkey is strongly allied with the Palestinians and has viewed itself as one of their ardent champions.

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