Turkey on Wednesday denounced clashes that erupted inside Israel’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying Israel had crossed a “red line”.
“Turkey cannot stay silent in the face of these attacks. Trampling on the Al-Aqsa mosque is our red line,” Erdogan said during a dinner for those breaking daytime fasting, a practice for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
“Palestinians are not alone,” he added.
Israeli police clashed with Palestinians inside Jerusalem’s holy site Wednesday, sparking an exchange of rockets and air strikes, in flaring violence as the Jewish Passover overlaps with Ramadan.
Erdogan’s comments followed earlier criticism made by his Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
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