ISTANBUL: Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday praised the “courageous decision” of the International Criminal Court to seek the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant.
“We support the arrest warrant. We consider it important that this courageous decision be carried out by all country members of the accord to renew the trust of humanity in the international system,” Erdogan said in a speech in Istanbul. The ICC issued the warrants against the Israeli leaders and Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif on Thursday on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza conflict.
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Turkiye’s Erdogan hails ‘courageous’ ICC warrants for Israeli leaders
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Turkiye’s Erdogan hails ‘courageous’ ICC warrants for Israeli leaders
Gaza civil defense says 5 killed in Israeli shelling of shelter
- Bassal told AFP that “five martyrs have been recovered as a result of the Israeli shelling
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Gaza’s civil defense agency said Israeli shelling on a school-turned-shelter killed five people on Friday, while the military said it had fired at “suspicious individuals.”
Spokesman for the agency, Mahmud Bassal, told AFP that “five martyrs have been recovered as a result of the Israeli shelling of the shelter at the Gaza Martyrs School,” in the Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City.
When asked by AFP, the Israeli military said that troops had “fired at the suspicious individuals to eliminate the threat,” adding that it was “aware of the claim regarding casualties in the area, and the details are under review.”
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