Türkiye's Erdogan Calls Israel 'Terror State'

FILED - 28 September 2018, Berlin: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a press conference in Berlin. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa
FILED - 28 September 2018, Berlin: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a press conference in Berlin. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa
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Türkiye's Erdogan Calls Israel 'Terror State'

FILED - 28 September 2018, Berlin: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a press conference in Berlin. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa
FILED - 28 September 2018, Berlin: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a press conference in Berlin. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday Israel was a "terror state" committing war crimes and violating international law in Gaza, while repeating his view that Palestinian militant group Hamas was not a terrorist organization.

Speaking to lawmakers in parliament, Erdogan also called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to announce whether Israel had nuclear bombs or not, and added that the Israeli premier was a "goner" from his post.

He said Hamas was a political party that had been elected by Palestinians.



Russia Says It Captures Kurakhove in Eastern Ukraine

Residents and bomb squad members stand in front of a house destroyed by yesterday's Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine January 4, 2025. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka
Residents and bomb squad members stand in front of a house destroyed by yesterday's Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine January 4, 2025. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka
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Russia Says It Captures Kurakhove in Eastern Ukraine

Residents and bomb squad members stand in front of a house destroyed by yesterday's Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine January 4, 2025. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka
Residents and bomb squad members stand in front of a house destroyed by yesterday's Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine January 4, 2025. REUTERS/Maksym Kishka

Russian forces have seized control of Kurakhove, a town in Ukraine's Donetsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
Gaining control over Kurakhove "has significantly hampered the logistics and technical support" of Ukrainian troops, the ministry said.
Kurakhove lies 32 km (20 miles) south of Pokrovsk, an important Ukrainian logistics hub towards which Russia has been advancing for months.