The Foreign Ministry responded sharply, Monday evening, to Turkish criticism of Israel's retaliation for the rocket launched at Sderot on Sunday. Repeating Turkey's phrase of reference to the just-signed reconciliation deal with Israel, a Foreign Ministry statement said "The normalization of our relations with Turkey does not mean that we will remain silent in the face of its baseless condemnations. Israel will continue to defend its civilians from all rocket fire on our territory, in accordance with international law and our conscience."
With Turkey launching artillery strikes on Islamic State and Kurds in northern Syria, the Foreign Ministry added that "Turkey should think twice before criticizing the military actions of others."