Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday slammed Israel's "piracy and banditry" against the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla "in the strongest terms."
Israel's attacks on the aid mission will not stop global solidarity with Palestinians, or the pursuit of justice, Erdoğan said during his address to the nation following a weekly cabinet meeting in Ankara's presidential complex.
He urged the global community to act against Israel's "lawless actions."
Earlier on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli commando forces "stopped" ships from the Global Sumud Flotilla from reaching Gaza.
The flotilla also confirmed that Israel began on Monday morning to intercept its boats in international waters, about 250 nautical miles from Gaza's coast.
Activists and medical staff set sail with more than 50 vessels of the humanitarian flotilla from Türkiye's Marmaris coast on Thursday, in a third attempt to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza and deliver aid to Palestinians.