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Turkey issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, 36 Israelis over Gaza war

Turkey issues arrest warrants for PM Netanyahu and 36 Israeli officials over alleged war crimes in Gaza, citing hospital strikes, aid worker deaths, and obstruction of humanitarian relief.

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office announced Friday that it has issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and 36 other Israeli officials on charges of genocide, in connection with Israel’s military operations in the Gaza Strip.

According to the statement, cited by Turkish media, the warrants target, among other, Defense Minister Israel Katz, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, and Israeli Naval Forces Commander David Saar Salama.


The warrants follow a Turkish investigation, conducted under the jurisdiction of the Istanbul Court of Justice and in coordination with Türkiye’s Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which claims that Israeli forces engaged in systematic violence against civilians in Gaza.

Turkish prosecutors cited several incidents as the basis for the charges, including the October 17, 2023 strike on the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, which was found to have been caused by a failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.

The investigation also referenced the April 1, 2024 killing of aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) during humanitarian operations in Gaza. Then-IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said after the strike that it was a case of misidentification and the strikes were not meant to harm WCK workers.

The prosecutor’s office alleges that Israeli military actions deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure, obstructed humanitarian aid, and denied access to medical assistance. It also pointed to statements made through the Sumud Flotilla, which attempted to deliver aid to Gaza by sea and was intercepted by the IDF. The aid aboard the flotilla included less than a single truckload of aid.

The move comes amid continued tensions between Israel and Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has increased his verbal attacks on Israel since the start of the war in Gaza on October 7, 2023.

The two countries had been on track to restore strained ties before Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel.

In March, Erdogan blasted Israel and described it as a "terror state" after it launched surprise strikes on terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip.

In June, the Turkish President claimed that Netanyahu’s government represents the most significant threat to Middle East security.

Despite his constant attacks of Israel, Turkey was involved in brokering the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, as part of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan.

madridguy:
This should be on the joke section because Turkey must be joking

FreeStuffsNG:
Turkey is a NATO member and overseas the significant part of Cypria, Syria and Iraq. It can also turn off the main pipeline that supplies oil to Israel.

You may need to catch up on what Turkey made Sweden face in Sweden's bid to join NATO. This is not a joke o.

FreeStuffsNG:
Turkey is a NATO member and overseas the significant part of Cypria, Syria and Iraq. It can also turn off the main pipeline that supplies oil to Israel.

You may need to catch up on what Turkey made Sweden face in Sweden's bid to join NATO. This is not a joke o.

Perhaps Trump will soon suggest that Turkey be removed from NATO and threaten to invade their country. Smh

Adaisback:
Abeg whoever is frying the turkey should cut small for me abeg. Dear Christmas turkey, no be by cho cho cho but by doings. It's not about belling the cat, it's about who go bell the cat. Netanyahu na big time odogwu

FreeStuffsNG:
The warrants follow a Turkish investigation, conducted under the jurisdiction of the Istanbul Court of Justice and in coordination with Türkiye’s Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which claims that Israeli forces engaged in systematic violence against civilians in Gaza.

Each person and institution involved in the genocide in Gaza will be prosecuted by the world. The ceasefire will not give them the opportunity to escape accountability.

All the information and evidence are now being collated and taken to courts in international jurisdictions. From Germany to Argentina to Canada to Turkey, UK etc., they are being held accountable.

President Trump has been called out by Columbian President a who accused Trump of being complicit in the Gaza genocide.

The report below expose the Isreali alleged to be the one who murdered an innocent defenseless 7-year old Palestinian girl along with her family members and the paramedics who visited the crime scene to rescue her in response to her emergency call for help.

DomPerignon:
Turkey will finish Israel in one day if it comes to a war between two of them.

Even the US will not even dare intervene because Turkey is not a pushover and any threat from Drumpf will see Turkey dump NATO and kick the US out of their country.

Turkey has one of the strongest military in NATO and Europe.

Turkey dumping NATO will see it joining Russia.

Not something the US would want to see.

Judolisco:
Turkey sef wan collect... They better mind their business

FreeStuffsNG:
Turkey is a NATO member and overseas the significant part of Cypria, Syria and Iraq. It can also turn off the main pipeline that supplies oil to Israel.

You may need to catch up on what Turkey made Sweden face in Sweden's bid to join NATO. This is not a joke o.

Perhaps Trump will soon suggest that Turkey be removed from NATO and threaten to invade their country. Smh

DomPerignon:
Turkey will finish Israel in one day if it comes to a war between two of them.

Even the US will not even dare intervene because Turkey is not a pushover and any threat from Drumpf will see Turkey dump NATO and kick the US out of their country.

Turkey has one of the strongest military in NATO and Europe.

Turkey dumping NATO will see it joining Russia.

Not something the US would want to see.