ANKARA: The Israeli operation in Gaza’s Rafah city a day after Hamas accepted a ceasefire deal marks another war crime by Israel, Turkiye Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said on Tuesday.

“By carrying out a ground attack on Rafah, just a day after Hamas approved Qatar and Egypt’s proposal for a ceasefire deal, Israel has added another to the war crimes it has committed in Palestinian territories since October 7,” Yilmaz said on social media platform X.

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Ankara would continue working for the Israeli leadership to be legally punished, he added.