Turkey's Erdogan says Israel's attacks on Lebanon will continue if West remains silent

As the world remains silent and Western countries give the Israeli leadership weapons support, these massacres will sadly continue. We stressed this in our meetings, Erdogan said.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Israel's attacks on Lebanon targetting the militant Hezbollah group will continue as long as the West remains silent, broadcaster CNN Turk and other media reported on Thursday.

Turkey has denounced Israel's devastating military offensive in Gaza, launched in retaliation for Palestinian militant group Hamas' cross-border attack last October 7, and it has condemned the Israeli attacks on Lebanon too.

Speaking to Turkish journalists in New York before leaving the UN General Assembly, Erdogan said Israel's airstrikes on Lebanon were proof that it was trying to spread the war in Gaza to the wider region, adding the U.N was powerless to stop it.

"As the world remains silent and Western countries give the Israeli leadership weapons support, these massacres will sadly continue. We stressed this in our meetings," he was reported as saying.