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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel is committing "genocide" in Lebanon after it was confirmed that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was among the hundreds killed in Israeli strikes this week.
"Lebanon and the Lebanese people are the latest target of the policy of genocide, occupation and invasion carried out by Israel since 7 October," Erdogan wrote on X, without directly mentioning Nasrallah's death.
"No person of conscience can accept, excuse or justify such a massacre," he added, calling for an end to Israel's "senseless" attempts to expand the conflict across the region.
Erdogan has regularly accused Israel of "genocide" during the devastating Gaza war, which was sparked by the Palestinian militant group Hamas' unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7.
The assault resulted in the deaths of 1,205 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on Israeli official figures, which include hostages killed in captivity.
Of the 251 hostages taken by the militants, 97 are still being held in Gaza, including 33 who the Israeli military says are dead.
At least 41,586 people, most of them civilians, have died in Israel's retaliatory military offensive in Gaza, according to figures provided by the Hamas-ruled territory's health ministry. The UN has described these figures as credible. | BGNES
