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title: "Israel recalls diplomats from Turkey"
url: https://radiomoldova.md/p/23811/israel-recalls-diplomats-from-turkey
published: 2023-10-29T09:20:52Z
language: en
author: "Viorica Rusica"
section: "International"
source: radiomoldova.md
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# Israel recalls diplomats from Turkey

> All Israeli diplomatic staff have been called back from Turkey following Turkish criticism of Israel's current military operations in Gaza, CNN reports.

All Israeli diplomatic staff have been called back from Turkey following Turkish criticism of Israel's current military operations in Gaza, CNN reports.

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In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Saturday that Israeli-Turkish ties were going to be reevaluated.

“Given the grave statements coming from Turkey, I have ordered the return of diplomatic representatives there in order to conduct a reevaluation of the relations between Israel and Turkey,” Cohen wrote.

On Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said attacks on Gaza "have long passed the point of being self-defense," adding, "It is now oppression, atrocity, massacre and barbaric."

On Saturday, Erdogan told a crowd of Palestinian supporters in Istanbul that they should leave the rally "with the determination to never allow new Gazas to arise."