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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has significantly escalated his rhetoric against Israel, using the harshest statements yet against the state.
"May the Almighty destroy Israel," Erdogan said in Rize, in the Black Sea region, at the end of a prayer marking the end of Ramadan.
In his speech, Erdogan accused Israel of killing hundreds of thousands of people and added that "I have no doubt that it will pay the price."
The Turkish president used the term "Kahhar", one of the designations of God in Islamic tradition, which is usually translated as "Almighty" or "the one who rules over everything".
Erdogan's prayer also contained another direct political message. He said: " May God protect us and save us as soon as possible from the Zionist calamity."
The statements come at an unusual moment of political consensus in Turkey. Both the ruling party and the opposition have immediately opposed the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, calling for a return to diplomacy.
Even the People's Equality and Democracy Party, close to the pro-Kurdish electorate, has condemned the Israeli and American intervention, describing it as "an intervention that has nothing to do with democracy."
In a statement, the party said that "it is clear that global and regional powers are not pursuing democracy or freedoms in Iran, but are trying to create a new order that no longer poses a threat to them, as has been seen in other periods of history."
Ankara has repeatedly criticized Israeli and American attacks on Tehran as violations of Iranian sovereignty. However, it has also distanced itself from some Iranian responses to American targets in the Persian Gulf.
This position reflects a dual approach by Turkey: on the one hand, increasingly harsh rhetoric against Israel; on the other, an official call for de-escalation and a diplomatic solution.
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