Turkey on Wednesday condemned an Israeli strike that killed three of its citizens who attempted to illegally cross from Lebanon to Israel, Agence France-Presse reported.
“It has been learned that the three Turkish citizens, with whom contact had been lost while attempting to cross illegally from Lebanon to Israel, lost their lives as a result of an Israeli airstrike in the region,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.
The ministry would not give the exact location of the strike.
It added that Ankara was working to repatriate their bodies to Turkey “as soon as possible.”
“We condemn in the strongest terms this unlawful attack that resulted in the death of our citizens,” the ministry said, urging Israel to “immediately end its aggressive policies that disregard human life and escalate tensions in our region.”