Editing State terrorism (section)

===Israel===
{{Main|Israel and state-sponsored terrorism}}
[[File:Stop the Genocide Now! Save the Children of Gaza! Demonstration (53292782914).jpg|thumb|Protest in support of [[Palestine]] in Helsinki, Finland, 28 October 2023]]
In November 2023, Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] accused Israel of being "a terrorist state" committing [[War crimes in the Gaza war|war crimes]] and violating international law in the [[Gaza Strip]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Turkey's Erdogan labels Israel a 'terror state', slams its backers in West |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-erdogan-calls-israel-terror-state-slams-west-2023-11-15/ |work=Reuters |date=15 November 2023 |access-date=2024-03-17 |archive-date=2023-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201225600/http://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-erdogan-calls-israel-terror-state-slams-west-2023-11-15/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He said [[Israeli settler violence|Israeli settlers]] in the occupied Palestinian territories should be recognized as "terrorists".<ref>{{cite news |title=Turkey's Erdogan calls Israel a 'terror state', criticises the West |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/15/turkeys-erdogan-calls-israel-a-terror-state-criticises-the-west |work=Al Jazeera |date=15 November 2023 |access-date=17 March 2024 |archive-date=25 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325154856/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/15/turkeys-erdogan-calls-israel-a-terror-state-criticises-the-west |url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2023, Cuban President [[Miguel Díaz-Canel]] condemned the [[Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza|alleged genocide of Palestinians]] in Gaza and called Israel a "terrorist state".<ref>{{cite news |title=Cuba condemns 'genocide' committed by 'terrorist state of Israel' |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/cuba-condemns-genocide-committed-by-terrorist-state-of-israel/3093296 |work=[[Anadolu Agency]] |date=27 December 2023 |access-date=17 March 2024 |archive-date=10 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310115051/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/cuba-condemns-genocide-committed-by-terrorist-state-of-israel/3093296 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[2024 Lebanon pager explosions]], which killed 39 people and wounded nearly 3,500, have been widely attributed to Israel. [[Iran]] referred to the attacks as "Israeli terrorism".<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 September 2024 |title=Iran says pager explosions are 'Israeli terrorism', offers assistance to victims |url=https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/lebanon-pagers-attack-hezbollah#h_a18fa0a6ebe61a86c96dc9bc56bac02b |website=CNN |first=Hamdi |last=Alkhshali}}</ref> [[Leon Panetta]], the former-[[CIA]] director, also termed the attack terrorism.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Magid |first1=Jacob |title=Former CIA chief Panetta calls mass detonation of Hezbollah pagers 'a form of terrorism' |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/former-cia-chief-panetta-calls-mass-detonation-of-hezbollah-pagers-a-form-of-terrorism/ |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=6 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Olmsted |first1=Edith |title=Even Leon Panetta Says Israel's Pager Attack Is 'Terrorism' |url=https://newrepublic.com/post/186244/leon-panetta-israel-lebanon-pagers-terrorism |magazine=The New Republic |access-date=6 October 2024}}</ref>