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Erdogan Tells UN’s Guterres Israel Must Be Tried in Int’l Courts over Gaza Crimes

Palestinians inspect the destruction caused by Israeli strikes in Wadi Gaza, in the central Gaza Strip on November 28, 2023, amid a truce in battles between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)
Palestinians inspect the destruction caused by Israeli strikes in Wadi Gaza, in the central Gaza Strip on November 28, 2023, amid a truce in battles between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)
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Erdogan Tells UN’s Guterres Israel Must Be Tried in Int’l Courts over Gaza Crimes

Palestinians inspect the destruction caused by Israeli strikes in Wadi Gaza, in the central Gaza Strip on November 28, 2023, amid a truce in battles between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)
Palestinians inspect the destruction caused by Israeli strikes in Wadi Gaza, in the central Gaza Strip on November 28, 2023, amid a truce in battles between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday told United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that Israel must be held accountable in international courts for the war crimes it committed in Gaza, the Turkish presidency said.

In a phone call ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on Gaza planned for Wednesday, Erdogan told Guterres that "Israel continues to shamelessly trample on international law, laws of war, and international humanitarian law by looking in the eyes of the international community", his office said.

Israel launched an air and ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza after the militant group carried out a deadly gun rampage in southern Israel last month, killing some 1,200 people and taking 240 others hostage. Israeli bombardment has killed more than 15,000 in Gaza, according to the enclave's health authorities.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, part of a so-called contact group of Muslim countries that has been holding talks with Western leaders over Gaza, will attend the meeting in New York on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

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Pakistan Says it Killed 10 Civilians during Anti-militant Operation in Northwest

People wait to board a train to travel to their hometowns to celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the Lahore Railway Station in Lahore, Pakistan, 28 March 2025. EPA/RAHAT DAR
People wait to board a train to travel to their hometowns to celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the Lahore Railway Station in Lahore, Pakistan, 28 March 2025. EPA/RAHAT DAR
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Pakistan Says it Killed 10 Civilians during Anti-militant Operation in Northwest

People wait to board a train to travel to their hometowns to celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the Lahore Railway Station in Lahore, Pakistan, 28 March 2025. EPA/RAHAT DAR
People wait to board a train to travel to their hometowns to celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the Lahore Railway Station in Lahore, Pakistan, 28 March 2025. EPA/RAHAT DAR

Pakistan said it killed 10 civilians during an anti-militant operation in the country’s northwest and promised to investigate the circumstances.

Authorities made the admission Saturday evening about the deaths, which occurred in the early hours of that morning in a remote hilltop area of Katlang, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

It is rare for Pakistan to reveal civilian casualties resulting from anti-militant activities and it was not immediately clear how the Saturday operations were carried out.

According to provincial government spokesman Muhammad Ali Saif, reports indicated the location was being used as a “hideout and transit point for terrorist” elements. Subsequent information revealed that some unarmed civilians were present in the vicinity of the site, Saif added.
According to The Associated Press, locals said 10 bodies, including those of women and children, were recovered from the area where government officials claimed the anti-militant operation had taken place.

They belonged to the Swat region and were nomads with livestock in the Shamozai mountains, the locals added. Their families protested the deaths by placing the bodies on the Swat Highway.
The loss of unarmed individuals was deeply regrettable and the tragic incident occurred as a consequence of targeting terrorists, said spokesman Saif.
“The safety of civilians is always a top priority during such operations. However, due to complex geography, terrorists using civilian populations as cover, and the urgent nature of the operation, unintended consequences can sometimes occur.”
Immediate medical assistance was being provided to the injured and compensation for the families of the deceased was being ensured, he added.
A statement from the provincial government said the operation “successfully neutralized several high-value targets” linked to ongoing militant activities in the region. It also said, “the fog of war can sometimes lead to unintended consequences.”