Israeli officials were outraged on Wednesday by the words of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who said that “Hamas is not a terrorist organization” but rather “a liberation group fighting to protect its lands.”

A senior Israeli official told Ynet that Erdogan’s could be interpreted as condoning the killing of Jews. “According to Ergodgan’s reading of Islam, killing Jews is acceptable, and Hamas is a completely legitimate organization,” they said.

The Foreign Ministry later released a statement reading, “Israel strongly condemns the Turkish President’s severe remarks about the Hamas terrorist organization. Hamas is a despicable terrorist organization that ruthlessly and intentionally murders babies, children, women, and the elderly, abducts civilians, and uses its own people as human shields. Erdogan’s attempt to defend a terrorist organization and his inflammatory statements won’t change the horrors seen by the world that proves Hamas is ISIS.”

The Foreign Ministry slapped down Erdogan’s comments. “Israel wholeheartedly rejects the Turkish President’s harsh words about the terrorist organization Hamas,” the ministry’s spokesperson Lior Haiat wrote on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).

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