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Erdogan criticizes Chancellor Merz: Don't you see the massacres in Gaza?

2025-10-30 18:37:33Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Erdogan criticizes Chancellor Merz: Don't you see the massacres in Gaza?
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sharply criticized Germany for what he called its "inaction to Israel's genocide" and its attacks on Gaza.

During a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Ankara, Erdogan said that Israel has access to nuclear weapons and other banned weapons, which it is using to threaten Gaza, while "Hamas is not equipped in the same way."

"We must end the genocide and deliberate starvation, including the German Red Cross and the Turkish Red Crescent. Doesn't Germany see this? It is our humanitarian duty, that of Germany and other countries, to end the starvation and massacres in Gaza ," Erdogan declared.

"They are not only attacking Gaza, but they have always been determined to subjugate Gaza through starvation and genocide, and this is still ongoing ," Erdogan said.

Erdogan's statement came in response to German Chancellor Merz, who told a Turkish journalist that Israel had become a refuge for millions of Jews, including many who survived the Holocaust.

"This is why Germany will always stand by the State of Israel," Merz said.

The German Chancellor added that Israel had exercised its "right to self-defense" after the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023 - saying that the devastating war could have been avoided if Hamas had released the hostages earlier and handed over its weapons.

"Then this war would have ended immediately," Merz emphasized.

Erdogan responded that he disagreed with Merz, arguing that Hamas did not have nuclear weapons or heavy weapons, while Israel possessed such weapons and had again bombed Gaza despite a ceasefire agreed two weeks earlier.

Erdogan emphasized that, just as for the efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war, for Gaza as well, "Turkey and Germany are two key countries that can join forces for peace."

Despite a fragile US-brokered ceasefire that took effect on October 10, Israel carried out several airstrikes on Gaza after an Israeli soldier was killed in Rafah on Tuesday. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, Israel's retaliatory strikes killed 104 people, most of them women and children.

Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud reported from Gaza that this week's bombings were "similar to the first weeks of the genocide in terms of intensity and scale of destruction."

Israel said on Wednesday it had begun “implementing the ceasefire,” while US President Donald Trump said “the ceasefire is not in danger” despite the latest attacks. Meanwhile, Qatar, a mediator in the deal, called the Israeli violations “disappointing and irritating.”

Trump's 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza calls for an international force to monitor the ceasefire, but it has not yet been determined which countries will send troops. Israel has said it opposes the involvement of Turkish forces because of Erdogan's previous statements towards Israel.

"Countries that want to send troops should at least be honest with Israel," said Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

Since October 2023, the war in Gaza has killed at least 68,527 people and wounded 170,395, according to Palestinian authorities. Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, killed 1,139 people in Israel, while about 200 others were taken hostage.


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