Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that the Israeli government has become “addicted to war.”
According to a report by Al Jazeera on Sunday, July 5, this statement was included in a press release from the Turkish Presidency after Erdoğan met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The report says the Turkish president also expressed support for Pakistan’s efforts and initiatives to reach a peace agreement between Iran and the United States.
Erdoğan further added that he is closely monitoring what he called “Israeli provocations.”
“The current Israeli government, which has become addicted to war, should never be allowed to once again plunge our region into the smell of gunpowder and blood,” Erdogan said.
Tensions between Israel and Turkey have increased following Israel’s large-scale military attack on the Gaza Strip in response to Hamas’s October 7 attack.
