Ankara, Aug. 29 -- Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced on Friday, August 29, that Turkey has suspended all economic ties with Israel and closed its airspace to Israeli aircraft over the ongoing Gaza offensive.

Speaking at an extraordinary parliamentary session, Fidan said the decision responds to Israel's "massacres against Palestinians" and "aggressive policies" across Gaza, Jerusalem, the West Bank, Syria, Iran, and Lebanon. He accused Israel of seeking to make Gaza uninhabitable by blocking aid and using "starvation as a weapon."

"We have completely cut off our trade with Israel. We have closed our ports to Israeli ships and barred Turkish ships from docking at Israeli ports. No other country has fully severed trade ties w...