Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that a more sensitive phase has begun in the region, adding that Israel is opposing even the smallest prospect of peace, Anadolu reports.

“We know that Israel cannot tolerate even the slightest possibility of peace,” Erdogan asserts, addressing his Justice and Development (AK) Party group at the Turkish parliament.

Speaking about recent developments in the region, Erdogan says that statements made by Israeli politicians over the past 10 days suggest that “rather than a state guided by reason, what we are facing is a group of radicals that has lost control.

“The situation is so grave that everyone is accusing one another of killing fewer people and shedding less blood,” he adds.

Erdogan notes some groups in Israel do not want weapons to fall silent in the region and are attempting to undermine a recent agreement reached through extensive diplomatic efforts.

Calling Israel a “massacre network that made terror and occupation state policy”, he says it has done everything to undermine the “hard-won consensus” reached through the efforts of all parties over the past 10 days.

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