Turkey voiced concern on Saturday over Israel’s strikes on Lebanon, saying it feared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could commit “a new genocide” under the pretext of fighting Hezbollah.
“We are frankly concerned Netanyahu is moving toward a new genocide under the pretext of fighting Hezbollah,” Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told a news conference.
“The international community must act as soon as possible in the face of the crimes that Israel continues to commit,” he added.
Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East conflict last week when Hezbollah attacked Israel after the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
Since then, Lebanon’s health ministry has said Israeli strikes killed 826 people, including 65 women and 106 children, and wounded another 2,009.
Turkey has repeatedly accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. Gaza’s health ministry says more than 72,000 Palestinians have been killed in the enclave during the conflict.
A United Nations investigation in September accused Israel of genocide in Gaza.
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