Northern Cyprus warns its nationals in Palestine, Israel of their safety due to regional tension

Northern Cyprus warns its nationals in Palestine, Israel of their safety due to regional tension

Published October 12,2023


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The Turkish Republic Northern Cyrpus (TRNC) issued a warning to its nationals Thursday who’re in Palestine and Israel due to escalating stress within the area.

“Due to the developments in Israel and Palestine, it is recommended that our citizens, who are permanently and/or temporarily residing in Israel and Palestine, take all possible measures for their personal safety and continue to stay in safe closed areas,” stated an announcement from the Foreign Ministry.

It urged nationals to comply with official web sites and social media accounts of the Turkish and TRNC’s international ministries, Türkiye’s Tel Aviv Embassy and the Jerusalem Consulate.

Israeli forces launched a sustained and forceful army marketing campaign towards the Gaza Strip in response to a army offensive by the Palestinian group Hamas in Israeli territories.

The battle started when Hamas initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood — a multi-pronged shock assault together with a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into Israel through land, sea, and air.

Hamas stated it was in retaliation for the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and Israeli settlers’ rising violence towards Palestinians.

The Israeli army launched Operation Swords of Iron towards Hamas targets inside the Gaza Strip in response.

That response has prolonged into chopping water and electrical energy provides to Gaza, additional worsening the residing circumstances in an space that has reeled underneath a crippling siege since 2007.

Source: www.anews.com.tr