Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “tyrant” who massacred Palestinian children.
Erdogan was responding to comments from Netanyahu earlier slamming the Turkish leader as a dictator after a day of tit-for-tat exchanges between officials in both countries.
Turkey and Israel have tense relations and Erdogan, who regards himself as a champion of the Palestinian cause, is a vocal critic of Israeli policies.
Erdogan also referred to clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians in Jerusalem, denouncing Israeli security forces for entering a “holy place”.