reactions from the international community

Between Turkey and Israel, conflictual relations had calmed down since 2022. In the middle of a meeting, Saturday October 7, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for calm. “We call on all parties to act reasonably, and to refrain from acting impulsively”, did he declare. On the side of the European Union, indignation is shared. After Germany and Spain, the president of the European Commission denounced the attack, which she said “condemn with the greatest firmness”.

Emergency meeting at the UN Security Council

“This violence is neither a political solution nor an act of bravery, it is purely terrorism, and Israel has the right to defend itself”, she added. The only ones to defend Hamas, Lebanese Hezbollah and Iran, the main support of Palestinian Islamist groups. For the United States, there is no justification for terrorism. The UN, for its part, calls for the greatest restraint, and announces an emergency meeting of its Security Council on Sunday, October 8.