Turkey’s justice minister said on Friday that Ankara has asked for Interpol red notices for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom it accuses of genocide over Israel’s interception of an aid flotilla bound for Gaza.
Akin Gürlek announced the step on X. His ministry, he wrote, had asked the interior ministry to issue red notices for Netanyahu and a second Israeli, Afek Moskovitch, “in accordance with the arrest warrants issued on July 14, 2026.” The ministry says both men are being prosecuted for crimes against humanity, genocide, aggravated deprivation of liberty, intentional assault, torture, destruction of property, aggravated looting and hijacking of transport vehicles.
The case stems from the flotilla, which carried some 430 activists. About 50 vessels in the Global Sumud flotilla left Turkey in May for Gaza. The Israeli military detained the activists in the Mediterranean, took them to an Israeli prison and then expelled them. The interception drew an international outcry, and France, Italy and Australia have also opened judicial proceedings.
Turkey has been one of the loudest critics of Israel’s war in Gaza, which followed the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeatedly accused Netanyahu of genocide.
The flotilla affair produced a separate row inside Israel. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir released a video of himself taunting some of the activists as they knelt with their hands tied behind their backs.
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- Turkey issues 'genocide' warrant for Israel's Netanyahu | Khaleej…
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