Erdogan

Erdogan also said that he is not losing hope for a lasting peace in the conflict adding that Hamas cannot be excluded from its potential solution.

Erdogan and Guterres discussed the "expectations of the international community regarding Israel's unlawful attacks."

"If a ceasefire is reached, we will do whatever is necessary to compensate for the destruction caused by Israel," Erdogan told reporters.

The head of the WHO called the IDF's operation in Al Shifa Hospital 'totally unacceptable,' but the US and Israel maintain that their intelligence shows it is the site of a Hamas headquarters.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has repeatedly denied that Hamas is a terrorist organization, calling Israel an "occupier."

Despite the return of the ambassador to Turkey, President Erdogan noted that Turkey is not severing diplomatic relations with Israel in full.

Erdogan, who had warmed to Israel in recent years, has regularly met with leaders of Hamas, which is considered a terrorist organization.

Erdogan repeated his assertion that Hamas was not a terrorist organization • MK Gideon Sa'ar called Erdogan "one of the greatest antisemites of our generation"

Erdogan had invited all Turks to attend the rally where he said "only our flag and the Palestine flag will wave." His Islamist-rooted AK Party had predicted more than a million people would come.