Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made statements targeting President Erdoğan at an event he attended with US Secretary of State Rubio. Here are the details…

After Israel launched intense ground attacks on Gaza on Tuesday morning, it was revealed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu targeted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Türkiye in a speech he delivered at an event in Jerusalem with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

‘JERUSALEM IS OUR CITY’

"We are here. Jerusalem is our city. Mr. Erdoğan, this is not your city. This is our city. It will always be our city. It will not be divided again," Netanyahu said.

WHAT HAPPENED?

President Erdoğan called on the world to impose"sanctions on Israel" at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)-Arab League Extraordinary Summit in Doha on Monday.

Following Israel’s assassination attack on the Hamas delegation in Qatar on September 9, striking comments came from Tel Aviv circles that “Turkey was the target.”

On Sunday, Jerusalem Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theofilos Giannopoulos presented Erdoğan with a painting depicting the trust document (certificate of assurance) that Caliph Omar gave to Patriarch Sophronios, who ruled the city on behalf of the Byzantine Empire, following its conquest.