Turkey Issues Fresh Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu over Gaza Flotilla Interception
Turkey says the case covers 35 defendants and alleges genocide, crimes against humanity and torture in the interception of a Gaza aid flotilla.
- On Friday, Turkish Justice Minister Akin Gurlek announced that Ankara is seeking Interpol Red Notices for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Afek Moskovitch over Israel's 2025 interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla.
- Istanbul prosecutors indicted Netanyahu and 34 other Israeli officials in April 2026, accusing them of genocide and crimes against humanity, with prosecutors seeking sentences of up to 4,596 years in prison.
- Interpol Red Notices are non-binding requests to member countries to locate and provisionally detain individuals pending extradition. Turkey previously sought similar notices in 2014 regarding the 2010 Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara raid.
- While an Istanbul court issued domestic arrest warrants for Netanyahu and 36 officials last November, no one has been arrested; the orders remain unenforceable unless defendants enter Turkish jurisdiction.
- Amid heightening tensions, Israel struck Syria's Abu al-Duhur air base on Tuesday roughly 70 kilometers east of the Turkish border, claiming Damascus planned to allow Turkish forces to deploy there. Ankara rejected the allegations as illegitimate.
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Turkey to seek Interpol notice for Netanyahu in Gaza flotilla case
ISTANBUL, Aug 21 - Turkey said on Friday it would seek an Interpol red notice for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of a domestic criminal case linked to an attack on activists seeking to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Turkey has asked Interpol to issue an international arrest warrant (red notice) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Afek Moskovitch on the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza. The ongoing trial at the Istanbul Court concerns "crime against humanity," then "genocide" and "aggravated deprivation of freedom," but also "intentional personal injury" and "torture." Accuses rejected by the Jerusalem government. "Israel has n…
According to the Turkish Justice Minister, Netanyahu is being prosecuted because Israel previously intercepted activists on the aid flotilla heading to Gaza.
Turkey sent a notification to Interpol to issue a red alert against the Israeli Prime Minister. The arrest request is due to the interception and detention of flotilla activists.
The announcement by the Turkish Ministry of Justice comes in the midst of an increase in tension between the two countries following an Israeli bombing of Syria
(Istanbul=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Dong-ho = Turkish judicial authorities issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of genocide on the 21st...
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