Erdogan: Conditions in Gaza Palestinians are worse than Nazi concentration camps

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the conditions of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are worse than Nazi concentration camps.

This came in a speech he delivered during the 51st meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in Istanbul.

"Two million of our brothers in Gaza have been struggling for survival for 21 months in conditions worse than even Nazi concentration camps," Erdogan said.

He added, "We continue our efforts to impose coercive measures against Israel on the basis of international law and the UN Charter."

Erdogan explained that more than 55,000 people were killed in Israel's attacks on Gaza, more than 65 percent of whom were children and women.

He expressed Türkiye's solidarity with the Palestinian people's pain and grief, adding, "Let our Palestinian brothers know that no matter how intense the darkness of injustice today, justice will prevail, God willing, and victory will inevitably belong to the believers."

Erdogan pointed out that Israel's policies of occupation, theft, destruction, and massacres have gradually increased over the past two years.

"Israel, which enjoys unconditional support from Western powers, continues to drag our region into a state of instability," he added.

He added that Israel "turned Gaza into a colossal wreckage before the eyes of the entire world, bombing health facilities, schools, mosques, and churches. It brutally killed people waiting in aid lines just to get a bag of flour, a bowl of soup, or a piece of dry bread."

"Every day, hundreds of innocent civilians are deliberately killed by Israeli forces, most of them children and women," he continued.

He pointed out that in addition to Gaza, Israel also targeted Lebanon, Yemen and Syria.

He pointed out that Israel attempted to sow chaos in Syria by inciting various factions against the government.