During a speech at the Annual Arab Banking Conference in Beirut Thursday, Erdogan wondered: "Does (Israel) think it can enter Lebanon with the most modern aircraft and tanks to kill women and children, and destroy schools and hospitals, and then expect us to remain silent?"
"Does it think it can use the most modern weapons, phosphorus munitions and cluster bombs to kill children in Gaza and then expect us to remain silent?
"We will not be silent and we will support justice by all means available to us."
For his part, Prime Minister Saad Hariri said at the conference that Lebanon was looking forward to increasing the channels of cooperation with Turkey.
Erdogan’s speech came ahead of a trip to south Lebanon to visit Turkish troops serving with UNIFIL and inaugurate a Turkish-funded medical center that specializes in treating burn victims in Sidon.
During the inauguration later in the day, Erdogan said the Lebanese should not allow some parties to harm coexistence.
"On the contrary, we should work together for a future that has Lebanese foundations."
End item/ 129
