Huckabee Implies Turkish Troops Unlikely To Enter Gaza Over Israeli Objections

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Thursday that the deployment of Turkish forces in Gaza is improbable due to firm opposition from Israel.

Speaking in an interview with the Kan public broadcaster, Huckabee emphasized that Israeli resistance would be a decisive factor. “I don’t think you’re going to see it if Israel has strong reservations about it… [and] Israel does have strong reservations,” he said.

He added that there appears to be no readiness to override those concerns, stating, “As far as I can tell, there’s not going to be some willingness to say, ‘Sure, let the Turks come in, as long as Israel has the reservations they have.”

Huckabee is known as a close ally of US President Donald Trump, though it remains unclear how much sway he holds over Washington’s policy regarding Gaza.