ISTANBUL: In a phone call, the Turkish president extended condolences to Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’ political bureau, over the death of several of his family members in an Israeli airstrike, the Turkish Communications Directorate said Wednesday.
During the call, Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that Israel will be held accountable for its crimes against humanity before the law.
Three sons of Haniyeh, along with several of his grandchildren, were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike in a refugee camp in western Gaza City.
The Israeli airstrike targeted a car carrying members of the Haniyeh family in the Al-Shati refugee camp as they were giving good wishes to the camp’s residents for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, eyewitnesses told Anadolu.
The airstrike resulted in the deaths of three of Haniyeh’s sons – Hazem, Amir, and Mohammed – as well as several of their own children, in addition to injuring others.
