Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 30, Turkish Foreign Minister Feidan announced on the 29th that Turkey has decided to close its airspace to Israeli government aircraft and aircraft transporting weapons and ammunition to Israel, and at the same time prohibit Israeli ships and ships carrying weapons and ammunition destined for Israel from using Turkish ports.

On the same day, the Turkish parliament held a special meeting on Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. According to Reuters, Fidan said at the meeting: ¡°We have completely suspended trade with Israel and closed our ports for Israeli ships ... We do not allow container ships carrying weapons and ammunition to enter our ports or allow aircraft to enter our airspace.¡±

Several media outlets, citing various sources, that the aircraft he referred to were Israeli government aircraft and aircraft delivering weapons and ammunition to Israel, excluding regular commercial flights.

Feidan also said Turkish ships are not allowed to dock at Israeli ports.

Turkish media reported last week that the country's port operations department had begun asking shipping agents for letters stating that the ships had no contact with Israel and were not loaded with military or dangerous goods destined for Israel. According to the Associated Press, this means that Turkey prohibits the use of Turkish ports for maritime trade between third countries and Israel.

Since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7, 2023, Turkey has repeatedly severely condemned Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip, accusing it of carrying out "genocide" in the Gaza Strip. Turkey announced in May 2024 that it would suspend all import and export trade with Israel, citing the fact that the Israeli army's actions in the Gaza Strip had exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in the region.

Turkey refused to allow Israeli President Herzog to travel through Turkish airspace to Azerbaijan last November, when he was scheduled to attend the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

In addition, Feidan said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has approved the airdrop of aid to the Gaza Strip, and Turkish aircraft are ready to carry out the airdrop mission as soon as Jordan approves it.

Under Israeli fire and blockade, there is a famine in the Gaza Strip. According to data released by the Gaza health department on the 29th, five people in the Gaza Strip have died from malnutrition in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll from malnutrition to 322. At the same time, the Israeli army announced that the "tactical suspension of military activities" will no longer apply to Gaza City, because it has become a war zone. (Reporter: Feng Yujing, Guo Qian)