Israeli leaders lashed out Saturday at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after prosecutors in Turkey reportedly filed indictments against 35 top officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seeking a total of more than 4,500 years in prison.

In response, Netanyahu accused Erdogan of massacring Kurds in his own country.

“Israel under my leadership will continue to fight Iran’s terror regime and its proxies, unlike Erdogan who accommodates them and massacred his own Kurdish citizens,” he wrote on X.

According to reports in Turkey, prosecutors are seeking up to 4,596 years behind bars in total for officials including Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir.

They are accused of alleged crimes against humanity and genocide, as well as of stopping the Sumud flotilla from reaching Gaza in 2025 and abusing its participants.

Katz also lashed out at Erdogan on X, calling him a “paper tiger.”

“Erdogan, who did not respond to missile fire from Iran into Turkish territory and has proven to be a........

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