In a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib that Israel’s attacks on Lebanon are “unacceptable” and meant to “drag the region into chaos”, an unnamed Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters news agency.

A NATO member, Turkey has denounced Israel’s devastating military assault in Gaza. Turkey has halted all trade with Israel and applied to join a genocide case against it at the World Court.

Bou Habib thanked Fidan for a Turkish shipment of medicine that arrived in Lebanon earlier today, the source added, and also briefed Fidan on the latest developments in Lebanon.