ANKARA - Foreign Ministry condemned on Friday the operation launched by Israeli army in Gaza on Thursday.
A Foreign Ministry statement noted that Turkey condemned the military operation launched by Israeli army in Gaza claiming the lives of 13 Palestinians including children and wounding many persons.
''Turkey always condemned terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians. However Turkey believes and stresses that Israeli unproportional and non-discriminatory use of force while fighting with terrorism feeds violence and believes that this does not serve its fight with terrorism. Turkey believes that both Israel and Palestine should act with maximum carefulness and deliberateness during the returning process to finding a solution to the problem following the submission of the 'road map' to the two sides by the Quartet (U.S., Russia, U.N. and EU),'' it was noted.
(ÖS) 03.05.2003