Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu a \u201cterrorist\u201d on Sunday, escalating an exchange of insults that started after he criticised Israel\u2019s lethal military response to a demonstration on the Gazan border.<\/p>\n
Israel has defended the killing of 15 Palestinians during Friday\u2019s demonstration and Netanyahu tweeted that the Israeli army \u201cwill not be lectured by those who have indiscriminately bombed civilian populations for years\u201d, referring to Turkey.<\/p>\n
Erdogan told supporters on Sunday: \u201cWe don\u2019t have the shame of invading on us, Netanyahu. You are an invader and right now are present in those lands as an invader. At the same time, you are a terrorist.\u201d<\/p>\n
In another speech he said: \u201cYou are a terrorist state. It is known what you have done in Gaza and what you have done in Jerusalem. You have no one that likes you in the world.\u201d Israel\u2019s defence minister has rejected calls for an inquiry into Friday\u2019s events.<\/p>\n
Hamas, the dominant Palestinian group in Gaza, said five of the dead were members of its armed wing. Israel said eight of the 15 belonged to Hamas, designated a terrorist group by Israel and the West, and two others came from other militant factions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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