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Agence France-Presse

Turkey has sought an international arrest warrant for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of “genocide” linked to Israel’s interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, the justice minister announced Friday.
Turkey has become a virulent critic of Israel’s war in Gaza. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has frequently accused Netanyahu of “genocide”.
Israel’s interception of the flotilla carrying some 430 activists in May sparked an international outcry. France, Italy and Australia have also launched judicial proceedings.
Turkey’s Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said on social media that his ministry had asked the interior ministry to issue an Interpol red notice for Netanyahu and another Israeli, named as Afek Moskovitch.
“As part of the judicial proceedings concerning the attack in international waters on the Flotilla activists and in accordance with the arrest warrants issued on July 14, 2026, against Benjamin Netanyahu and Afek Moskovitch for ‘genocide’, the Ministry of Justice has requested that the Ministry of the Interior issue red notices for their international arrest,” the minister stated.


Netanyahu and Moskovitch are being prosecuted for “crimes against humanity, genocide, aggravated deprivation of liberty, ‘intentional assault and battery’, torture, destruction of property, aggravated looting, and hijacking of transport vehicles,” the ministry said.
According to Turkey’s IHA news agency, Moskovitch is an Israeli soldier, who is also accused over actions in Gaza.
IHA, citing the indictment, said Moskovitch had posted footage on social media showing tanks and a bulldozer destroying buildings at the Islamic University of Gaza, including a hospital and medical faculty.
About 50 vessels were in the Global Sumud Flotilla that left Turkey in May heading for the besieged Palestinian territory.
The activists were detained in the Mediterranean by the Israeli military and then taken to an Israeli prison before being expelled.
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir also sparked outrage by releasing a video showing himself taunting flotilla activists who were on their knees with their hands tied behind their backs.


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Israel’s interception of the flotilla carrying some 430 activists in May sparked an international outcry


Israel’s interception of the flotilla carrying some 430 activists in May sparked an international outcry.


Turkey issues ‘genocide’ warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu over Gaza flotilla

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Israel’s interception of the flotilla carrying some 430 activists in May sparked an international outcry