Israeli occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for comparing "Israel's" actions in Gaza to those of Nazi Germany. 

Erdogan asserted on Wednesday that there is "no distinction" between the ongoing actions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the attacks on Gaza and the deeds of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

Speaking at a science awards ceremony in Ankara, Erdogan questioned the dissimilarities between Netanyahu and Hitler, emphasizing that any differentiation between the two remains elusive.

"How do you (Netanyahu) differ from Hitler? These (actions) will make us look for Hitler as well. Is there anything Netanyahu does that is less than Hitler? No."

Drawing parallels with the past, he noted that scholars worldwide, akin to those in Nazi Germany 80 years ago, who courageously condemn the oppression in Gaza, are currently facing pressures and threats, referring to instances of academics being dismissed or censured for supporting Palestinians in the US and elsewhere.

Netanyahu is shocked that yet another world leader has made this comparison. Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that Israeli war crimes in Gaza amount to Nazism, Russian President Vladimir Putin insinuated a comparison between "Israel" and Nazi Germany, and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has drawn parallels between the Holocaust and what the Israeli occupation is currently doing in Gaza.

In a statement, Netanyahu deflected the blame from the onslaught in Gaza on Erdogan's "genocide of Kurds," adding that Erdogan is responsible for a number of imprisoned journalists who oppose him. 

Netanyahu added that the Turkish President should not be preaching "morality" to the Israelis, since the Israeli occupation forces are the most "moral army in the world."

Benny Gantz called Erdogan's remarks "blatant distortions of reality and a desecration of the Holocaust's memory."

While Netanyahu said the Israeli army does not need lessons of morality, it has become evident that journalists are one of the targets "Israel" is after in Gaza, killing over 100 thus far.

Moreover, Israeli prisons are pretty crowded with Palestinian prisoners, mostly minors, who have not been charged with any real crimes. While Jews in the Holocaust were stripped and sent into concentration camps, so were the Palestinians detained in Gaza by the same Israeli occupation forces whom Netanyahu called the "most moral".

No, this is not a video from Nazi #Germany in the 1940s.

It is a video showing the Israeli occupation rounding stripped #Palestinian detainees in a stadium.

A child and a toddler can be seen in the horrific video.

This is just one example of Israeli savagery practiced in #Gaza… pic.twitter.com/NNgBNxOQVE

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) December 26, 2023

Earlier, when they were criticized for stripping them in the streets, Mark Regev, Netanyahu's senior advisor, played down the humiliation of Palestinian men by assuring them that it was warmer in the Middle East.

An Israeli senior advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister, Mark Regev, justifies arresting #Palestinians in #Gaza naked by saying that it is 'sunny' in the Middle East. pic.twitter.com/m4din2VY2S

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) December 10, 2023

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Now back to "Israel's" moral treatment of journalists. On Sunday, three journalists were martyred by Israeli bombardments, mounting the total death toll of journalists killed by "Israel" to 103, according to the Government Media Office in Gaza.

Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu revealed that the journalists were all employees of Palestinian Al Rai Radio.

Al Mayadeen considered the attack as "evidence of the pathological Israeli sadism and hysteria as a result of its abject failure to confront the national Palestinian media in general, and the Resistance media in particular."

⚡️The Government Media Office publishes the names of journalists who were martyred during the ongoing brutal war on the #Gaza Strip pic.twitter.com/VYUSbLEURj

— Middle East Observer (@ME_Observer_) December 24, 2023

But is all this information really surprising considering the latest updates in the war on Gaza? 

"Israel" has time and time again bombed relief centers, schools, hospitals, and residential buildings under the guise of targeting Hamas locations. 

In a horrific report, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor revealed that Israeli warmongers executed dozens of Palestinian elderly in front of their families after telling them it was safe to evacuate. 

The report also estimated that 1,049 elderly people have been killed by "Israel", making up 3.9% of the total death toll of Palestinians since October 7. The martyrs were killed by Israeli airstrikes as the rubble of their homes or the shelters they sought safety in collapsed over them or while gathering basic life supplies from the streets or marketplaces around their towns. 

Other testimonies reported by the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor revealed shocking testimonies about field executions committed by the Israeli occupation forces against civilians during house raids in the border areas of Gaza.

The organization indicated that the victims included members of the displaced families of Annan, al-Ashi, al-Shurafa, who were shot to death. There are also reports of other individuals who remain in critical condition and an elderly man who has been taken away by soldiers with an unknown fate.

In addition, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Communication Office announced the murder of two Palestinian Christian women by an Israeli sniper, who shot the women "in cold blood" inside the premise of the Holy Family Parish, in Gaza, "where there are no belligerents."

'Israel' commits 16 massacres in 24hrs., martyrs toll surpasses 21,000

This comes as the Israeli occupation committed 16 massacres in the past 24 hours, which targeted entire families, resulting in 195 martyrs and 325 injuries, the spokesperson for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qudra, said on Wednesday.

The new massacres bring the total number of Palestinians killed in the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza to 21,110 martyrs and 55,243 injuries since October 7, mostly children and women.

Al-Qudra pointed out that the Israeli occupation is intensifying its strikes in the vicinity of the Nasser Medical Complex and expressed concern that the tragedy committed by the entity against Al-Shifa Hospital will be repeated.

To make matters worse, children in Gaza are facing the danger of starvation and thirst, especially in the areas of Gaza City and its northern parts, where the chances of obtaining one meal a day are almost nonexistent for most families.