Erdogan said the war, while driven by Israel, was exacting costs paid by the entire world. "The war is Netanyahu's war for political survival, but the price is being borne by eight billion people," he said. He called for the military campaign led by what he described as Netanyahu's "massacre network" to be halted immediately in the name of regional peace and humanity.

He warned that attacks on Gulf countries risked sowing fresh seeds of discord across the Middle East, and declared that Türkiye is determined to remain outside the circle of conflict. "We absolutely do not want the war to turn into a war of attrition among the countries of the region," Erdogan said.