ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities have said that any attempt by Israel to target Hamas on its soil would have serious consequences, Turkish media reported on Monday.
Turkish officials on the condition of anonymity said that they had warned Israeli intelligence from taking such insane move.
Earlier, Wall Street Journal reported that Israel was planning to target Hamas’ members outside Palestine, including Lebanon, Qatar and Turkey.
Head of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet, in a recording said that Israel is determined to kill Hamas leaders around the world even if it takes years.
Necessary warnings issued to Israel
Turkish officials have said that necessary warnings against such a move have been issued to the Israeli officials concerned.
Speaking to media, the officials said that various foreign intelligence services had previously tried unsuccessfully to conduct illegal activities on Turkish soil adding that no foreign intelligence service was allowed to carry out such operations on Turkish territory.
Turkish officials have denounced the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and stressed that Hamas is not a terrorist group.
Many countries in the world including Brazil, China, Egypt, Iran, Norway, Qatar, Russia, Syria and Turkey do not consider Hamas a terrorist organization.
Since October 7, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported a staggering toll of 16,000 Palestinians killed, including over 6,500 children and more than 4,000 women, with an additional 41,136 wounded.
The conflict has left an estimated 1.8 million people displaced in Gaza, representing three-quarters of the population. The Israeli military reported conducting around 10,000 airstrikes, while more than 11,500 rockets were fired at Israel since the conflict began.
