Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned on Monday that Israel is now working to designate Turkey as its next strategic adversary, saying that following its conflict with Iran, Israel "cannot live without an enemy." The remarks came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly attacked President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on social media over the weekend, and Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz called Erdogan a "paper tiger" — escalating a diplomatic rift that has deepened steadily since Israel's military campaign in Gaza began in October 2023. Turkey's foreign ministry fired back, invoking the International Criminal Court arrest warrant against Netanyahu and accusing him of seeking to sabotage regional peace efforts while facing domestic corruption charges.