Turkey cuts off all trade with Israel in protest against Gaza war: report [Video]

Turkey reportedly cut off all trade with Israel on Thursday, the latest move in the nation’s protest against the war in Gaza.

Turkey’s government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has yet to formally announce the move, but members of the Israeli government are already reacting to the potential fallout. Israel and Turkey traded some $6.8 billion worth of goods in 2023, the majority of which was Turkish exports, according to Bloomberg News.

“Erdogan is breaking agreements by blocking ports for Israeli imports and exports,” Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“This is the behavior of a dictator who tramples the interests of the Turkish people and business community, while ignoring international trade agreements,” he added.

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Turkey has not announced the conditions under which trade might resume.

“I have instructed the …