Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to start a case against Israel for alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip. “Israeli officials who have committed war crimes, aggression, murdered children, and committed genocide, including [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu, must be brought before the court,” he said.
“It is impossible to call a state that disregards the decisions and laws of international organizations, violates human rights, and systematically commits these violations a state. Israel has been acting like a terrorist organization for almost a century,” Tunc said, according to the Turkish broadcaster TRT. He added that Turkey will continue to advocate for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state “on every platform.”