Israel rejects Erdogan assertion that Hamas is 'not terrorist organization'

Israel-Hamas War: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's said that the Palestinian militant group Hamas was "not a terrorist organization".

Israel on Wednesday rejected Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's assertion that the Palestinian militant group Hamas was "not a terrorist organization".

Israel-Hamas War: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets members of parliament from his ruling AK Party. (Reuters)

"Israel wholeheartedly rejects the Turkish president's harsh words about the terrorist organization Hamas," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat wrote on social media platform X.

"Even the Turkish president's attempt to defend the terrorist organization and his inciting words will not change the horrors that the whole world has seen," Haiat wrote.