He president of Türkiye, the Islamist Recep Tayyip Erdoganassured this Friday that the Palestinian fundamentalist group Hamas is complying with the cease-fire in Gaza while Israel continues to violate it. Speaking to the Turkish press on the plane returning from a visit to several countries in the Persian Gulf, the Turkish president said that the international community, especially the United States, must make a greater effort to ensure that Israel respects it. “In this process it is essential to exert sufficient diplomatic pressure on Israel,” said Erdogan, a Hamas ally whose terrorist offensive of October 7, 2023 It triggered the war with Israel, which lasted two years and caused more than 67,000 deaths in the strip, including many civilians.
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