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Türkiye's Foreign Ministry said Sunday that Israel's latest attacks on Gaza demonstrate that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has no genuine intention of making peace with the Palestinians, as strikes across the territory in recent days killed dozens of people despite a newly agreed ceasefire roadmap.
In a statement, the ministry said, "Netanyahu's sole objective is to displace Palestinians from their homeland and prevent the establishment of peace and stability in the region."
The ministry said that immediately after mediators secured agreement on a roadmap to implement the Gaza peace plan, Israel killed more than 30 civilians in Gaza and targeted health facilities, actions it stated once again demonstrated that "the Netanyahu government did not have the will to make peace with the Palestinians."
The statement said Netanyahu "does not hesitate to take steps that would upset the fragile balance in the region" or to undermine mediation efforts led primarily by the United States.
The ministry noted that it had "become imperative for the international community to adopt a more determined, consistent and robust stance" against Netanyahu's "expansionist and militarist approach," which it said sought to turn the entire Middle East into a zone of conflict.
It called on all countries supporting peace and prosperity for the Palestinians and the wider region to act with a shared sense of responsibility and to uphold international law and humanitarian values.
Nickolay Mladenov, lead envoy for the Board of Peace, said Sunday that Israeli strikes across Gaza over the previous two days had killed civilians and destroyed medical supplies that people depend on.
"Two days of strikes across Gaza have killed civilians and destroyed medical supplies that people depend on," Mladenov wrote on X.
He said the escalation came despite "intense efforts" by the Board of Peace and mediators from Egypt, Türkiye, Qatar and the U.S. to secure Palestinian factions' agreement to a roadmap for full implementation of the U.S.-backed Gaza plan, which he said calls for Palestinian factions in Gaza "to hand over civilian governance and to decommission their weapons."
Mladenov said both parties carry obligations under the broader plan and the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement that secured the release of all hostages, and said his team was "working around the clock" with all parties to de-escalate and create space for the plan's full implementation.
"Achieving a lasting peace is hard but achievable if everyone makes their best efforts," he said.
Israeli attacks killed at least 18 Palestinians, including three children and an unborn baby, and wounded several others in a series of strikes on Sunday, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. The attacks are the latest in a pattern of violations of the ceasefire that has been formally in effect since Oct. 10, 2025.
They followed a similar wave Saturday that killed eight Palestinians and wounded others.
Gaza's Health Ministry warned Saturday that the territory's medical system is rapidly approaching collapse after Israeli forces destroyed a drug warehouse at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, amid what the ministry described as severe shortages of medicines and medical supplies.
According to Gaza's Health Ministry, seven more Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire over the 24 hours preceding Sunday's report, with hospitals receiving six bodies, including one person who died of previous wounds, and 23 additional injured people transferred to hospitals, bringing total injuries to 174,185.
The ministry said Israeli forces have continued daily attacks in Gaza despite the ceasefire, killing at least 1,230 Palestinians and injuring 4,076 others since Oct. 10, 2025.
The ministry separately reported Saturday that 152 people were killed in Gaza during July alone, which it described as the highest monthly death toll recorded since the start of 2026.
The ceasefire was reached after nearly two years of war that began Oct. 8, 2023, and which caused widespread destruction affecting an estimated 90% of Gaza's civilian infrastructure, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at around $70 billion.
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