Mo Abbasi (@momo2020.bsky.social)

Turkey blocking Israel-Nato military drills until permanent Gaza truce <span class="field field-title">Turkey blocking Israel-Nato military drills until permanent Gaza truce</span> <span class="field field-uid"><a title="View user profile." href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/SondosAsem" lang about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/SondosAsem" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>Sondos Asem</a></span> <span class="field field-created"><time datetime="2025-03-11T14:01:55+00:00" title="11 March 2025 14:01 GMT">Tue, 03/11/2025 - 14:01</time> </span> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/turkey" target="_blank">Turkey</a> will block any new cooperation, including military drills, between <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> and Nato until a permanent ceasefire is reached in <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-war-gaza" target="_blank">Gaza</a>, Turkish official sources told Middle East Eye on Monday.</p> <p>Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sj6nseisyg" target="_blank">reported</a> over the weekend that Turkey has blocked Israel from taking part in Nato's annual exercise on "resilience and emergency preparedness" in Bulgaria, which will be held in September.</p> <p>Two Israeli sources confirmed to MEE that Ankara had blocked their country's participation in the drill.</p> <p>Read more:</p> <h3><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-blocks-israels-nato-military-drills-until-gaza-truce">Turkey blocking Israel-Nato military drills until permanent Gaza truce</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="align-center media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Bulgarian and Spanish army special forces soldiers participate in a military drill, as part of Nato's Steadfast Dart 2025 exercise, at Tsrantcha military training field, Bulgaria 13 February (Reuters/Stoyan Nenov)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="e5c71ac7-c91f-483a-b106-eb70a37dff1a" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/nato%20drill%20reuters.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Bulgarian and Spanish army special forces soldiers participate in a military drill, as part of Nato's Steadfast Dart 2025 exercise, at Tsrantcha military training field, Bulgaria 13 February (Reuters/Stoyan Nenov)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Bulgarian and Spanish army special forces soldiers participate in a military drill, as part of Nato's Steadfast Dart 2025 exercise, at Tsrantcha military training field, Bulgaria 13 February (Reuters/</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url("https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png") rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <section> </section> </div> https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/turkey-blocking-israel-nato-military-drills-until-permanent-gaza-truce