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Israel-Hamas: Escalation of Gaza war increases fear of conflagration

10/28/2023, 8:48:23 PM

Highlights: Recep Tayyip Erdogan set the tone on Saturday, October 28, for reactions in the Muslim world to the escalation of the Israeli army's offensive against Hamas in Gaza. In a sign of the rise in protests against Israel's actions in response to the October 7 massacre, the Turkish president participated in person in a large rally "for Palestine" in Istanbul. He described the terrorist organization as a "movement of liberators" and announced that he was cancelling his planned trips to Israel.


Fears of destabilization of their regimes among the leaders of the Muslim and Arab world, calls for a humanitarian truce from the United Nations.

A message on X (ex-Twitter) asking Israel to "stop this madness" and "stop the attacks." Recep Tayyip Erdogan set the tone on Saturday, October 28, for reactions in the Muslim world to the escalation of the Israeli army's offensive against Hamas in Gaza. In a sign of the rise in protests against Israel's actions in response to the October 7 massacre, the Turkish president, who on Thursday described the terrorist organization as a "movement of liberators" and announced that he was cancelling his planned trips to Israel, participated in person in a large rally "for Palestine" in Istanbul.

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