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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Turkish deputy minister tweets at Netanyahu: ‘You will die’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTurkish deputy education minister Nazif Yilmaz tweets that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “will die.”
“One day they will shoot you too,” he tweets in response to a video posted by Netanyahu of IAF strikes on Gaza.
Turkey’s deputy minister of education to Netanyahu: “You will die.” pic.twitter.com/PIpKedNsC4
— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) October 11, 2023
Netanyahu was set to visit Turkey in the coming months, after postponing a July trip as he had a pacemaker implanted.
Last month Erdogan sat down with Netanyahu in New York in the first-ever known meeting between the two leaders.
The past year has seen a warming of ties between Israel and Turkey after years of animosity between the two countries’ leaders, largely over Turkish support for Hamas.
The Times of Israel Community.