Victims Of Death Due To Aggression In Gaza Continue To Increase, Turkey Will Urge Israel's Isolation At The United Nations

Gazans while queuing for food. (Source: WHO)

JAKARTA - The Turkish government plans to press for Turkey's isolation at a meeting of the United Nations this month, as the death toll from Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip, Palestine continues to grow.

Ankara officials said Turkey would use the UN General Assembly to press for diplomatic and economic isolation of Israel, including the suspension of its participation in the UN process and the halt to arms shipments, related to the war of aggression in Gaza.

Turkey will deliver three main messages at a meeting of world leaders in New York on September 9: Israel must be banned from the UN General Assembly, transfers and arms trading must be stopped, as well as ports and airspace must be closed for Israeli shipments, quoted from the Daily Sabah September 2.

Currently, the US is Israel's largest arms supplier, accounting for about 66 percent of Israeli arms imports between 2020 and 2024, followed by Germany, Italy, and the UK.

Turkey, which has cut trade with Israel for $7 billion a year and blocked ships and arms carriers for Israel from being able to use its ports and airspace, will urge other countries to adopt similar measures.

Turkey's imposed restrictions cover all cargo related to Israel, including the container transshipment, meaning no items heading to or originating from Israel will be handled at the Turkish port.

Officials said Turkey would coordinate with governments that have similar policies, taking "planned and systematic" steps to stop what it called genocide in Gaza. They said Ankara would continue to fight for its cases through legal, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, and political channels.

Turkey also plans to highlight the urgency of humanitarian aid for Palestine, with reference to increasing support worldwide to recognize the Palestinian state.

Currently, 150 countries recognize the State of Palestine. Meanwhile, Britain, France, Canada, Malta, New Zealand, Portugal and Austria have expressed their intention to do so. Ankara is expected to side with the countries moving in that direction at the General Assembly.

Separately, medical sources said on Monday the death toll in the Gaza Strip had risen to 63,557, the majority of whom were children and women, since Israel's aggression began on October 7, 2023, quoted from WAFA.

The medical sources added that the number of injured victims had risen to 160,660 since the start of aggression, while a number of victims were still buried by the rubble, unable to be reached by ambulances and rescue teams.

The death toll and injuries included those who died while seeking help and being taken to hospital, of which 2,294 people were killed and 16,839 others injured.

The death toll also includes hunger and malnutrition. The number of those who died from hunger and malnutrition also increased by 9 people in the last 24 hours, including 3 children, to a total of 348 children who died from hunger and malnutrition, including 127 children.