There he goes again: Erdogan threatens Israel to suit domestic agenda – analysis

“Just as Hitler, who committed genocide, met his end – so Netanyahu, who committed genocide, will meet his end,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. By HERB KEINONJULY 29, 2024 19:28 https://trinitymedia.ai/player/trinity-player.php?language=en&pageURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpost.com%2Fmiddle-east%2Farticle-812405&unitId=2900003088&userId=a6891305-3a80-42c0-a0e7-fa277fabb1c1&isLegacyBrowser=false&isPartitioningSupport=1&version=20240729_d9b1c4b4e389e89c58ca0ce87732d8e97203a069&useBunnyCDN=0&themeId=140&unitType=tts-player Israel is already fighting on seven different fronts: Gaza, Judea and Samaria, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Iran. Now Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is threatening to make it eight. Erdogan outdid even his own virulent anti-Israel and often antisemitic rhetoric by threatening on Sunday a possible invasion of Israel. “We must be very strong so that Israel can’t do these ridiculous things to Palestine. Just like we entered Karabakh, just …

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Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah without all-out war, official says

By REUTERSJULY 29, 2024 11:14 https://trinitymedia.ai/player/trinity-player.php?language=en&pageURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpost.com%2Fbreaking-news%2Farticle-812324&unitId=2900003088&userId=a6891305-3a80-42c0-a0e7-fa277fabb1c1&isLegacyBrowser=false&isPartitioningSupport=1&version=20240725_c8a3b6e9ab3dae9718c5625095591846033ebdf2&useBunnyCDN=0&themeId=140&unitType=tts-player Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but does not want to drag the region into an all-out war, a senior Israeli defense official said, while two other officials said the country was preparing for the possibility of a few days of fighting. The officials spoke as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened security assessments and the security cabinet late on Sunday, a day after a strike in Majdal Shams killed 12 children.