Israel’s foreign minister calls Erdogan war criminal

In an X post, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz called Recep Tayyip Erdogan a war criminal after his statements supporting Lebanon-based Shia Hezbollah. 

“Erdogan announced his support for Hezbollah against Israel’s threats. Erdogan is a war criminal who slaughters innocent Kurds across the Syrian border,” Katz wrote.

On June 13, Erdogan said that the U.S. and Western countries should put pressure on Israel to implement the U.N. Security Council resolution on the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

A day before, Erdogan had declared that the U.N. is dead as an organization as it has proved unable not only to stop the genocide in Gaza, but also to save its staff members.