Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 19 / Trend A.Tagiyeva /
Over years Israel has been attacking civilians of the Gaza Strip, killing peaceful population. "Therefore, I consider that Israel is a terrorist state," TRT Haber TV channel quotes Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying at the opening of the Eurasian Islamic Council on Monday.
Erdogan said the international community is not paying the necessary attention to the tragedy in the Gaza Strip.
"The death of Muslims in the world, whether in the Gaza Strip, Syria, Myanmar, does not concern the international community and international organizations," he said.
On Sunday Israeli air and naval forces continued air strikes on the Gaza Strip killing tens of Palestinians and threatening to grow significantly with deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. In addition, Israel's preparation to bring ground troops into the Palestinian enclave causes serious concern.
According to the Palestinian side, some 77 Palestinians, including 21 children and 8 women were killed, and about 700 were injured within the 'Pillar of cloud' operation, launched on Wednesday in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas recently reiterated his call on Arab League to hold emergency summit on the situation in Gaza.