Israel Tells Citizens To Flee Turkey Amid Escalating Violence
The Israeli government called on all of its citizens to leave Turkey as unrest over the war with Hamas spreads. The National Security Council stressed the possibility that they could be targeted by Turks angry over the country’s retaliation against deadly terror attacks.
Over 1,400 Israelis were massacred when Hamas crossed the nation’s southern border on Oct. 7 and committed widespread atrocities. Over 3,200 Israelis were injured and the IDF reported that more than 6,000 rockets have been fired into the nation.
Two Israelis were killed the next day while visiting a tourist site in Alexandria, Egypt.
The Times of Israel reported the country raised the threat level for its citizens in Turkey to level 4. In addition, officials warned Israelis to be cautious in Morocco.
Threats have also emerged from Lebanon to the north, where an anti-tank missile injured two Israeli reservists on Tuesday.
The Middle East exploded in chaos even as President Joe Biden landed in Israel on Wednesday. He was greeted on the tarmac by Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu as the Democrat attempted to salvage support for the U.S. diplomatic position.
Reverberations spread rapidly after a missile blast at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday claimed hundreds of lives. Israel quickly provided evidence that it did not strike the facility, but that did not placate the angry Arab world.
No such outrage was seen, however, when hundreds of innocent Israelis were murdered by Hamas terrorists. The concern for human rights in the Middle East is highly selective at best.
Biden curiously declared it appeared “the other team” was responsible for the deadly blast. Israel also said it had evidence that another band of terrorists, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, fired the missile.
Thousands of protesters poured out onto the streets of Ramallah in the West Bank as Arab media blamed the explosion on Israel. Demonstrators fought with Palestinian Authority security forces and demanded that President Mahmoud Abbas resign.
He initially showed sanity by criticizing the deadly Hamas strike on Israel on Oct. 7. That comment was eventually scrubbed from the Palestinian Authority website.
Abbas also pulled out of a planned meeting in Jordan with President Joe Biden. That event was canceled.
There is a high likelihood that Israel will urgently warn its citizens in many parts of the globe to be wary of attacks.
