President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday that Turkey will seek international inspectors to determine whether Israel possesses nuclear weapons. Erdogan highlighted that Israel is not a party to the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and Turkey intends to ask the International Atomic Energy Agency to investigate Israel’s nuclear capabilities.
Erdogan emphasized the importance of this move for balancing strategic interests in the region, stating, “Israel’s nuclear weapons must be inspected beyond any doubt before it is too late. We will follow this through. I also call on the international community not to let this go.”
While it is widely believed that Israel maintains a nuclear weapons program, the country neither confirms nor denies its existence.
The recent controversy surrounding Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu, who suggested the use of a “nuclear bomb” on Gaza, led to his suspension from cabinet meetings by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Erdogan has consistently criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza, condemning it as a “terror state” and accusing the Israel Defense Forces of committing war crimes against Palestinians. In response, Netanyahu accused Erdogan of supporting “the terrorist state of Hamas.”
The current round of violence between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, initiated by Palestinian militants’ attack on Israeli communities. The conflict resulted in approximately 1,200 casualties, mostly civilians, and over 200 hostages taken by Hamas. Israel responded with airstrikes and a ground invasion of Gaza, leading to more than 12,000 Gazans killed, according to local officials.
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