Turkey's Erdogan accuses Israel of 'tyranny', likens Israeli MP to Hitler
(Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of "terrorizing the region" with its bombardment of Gaza and likened an Israeli politician to Hitler in a broadside likely to further strain fragile relations between the two countries.
Israel on Tuesday resumed its assault on Gaza, six hours after an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire failed to halt the firing of rockets by Palestinian militants into Israeli territory.
At least 184 Palestinians, many of them civilians, have been killed since operations by the Israeli military began a week ago.
"With utter disregard for international law, Israel continues to terrorize the region, and no country but us tells it to stop," Erdogan told members of his ruling AK Party at a speech in parliament on Tuesday.
"No tyranny is everlasting, sooner or later every tyrant has to pay the price...This tyranny will not remain unaccounted for," he added.
His words drew chants of "Turkey is proud of you" from his supporters.
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