Israel won't accept the presence of Turkish armed forces in Gaza under a US plan to end war in the Palestinian territory for good, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has said.
US President Donald Trump's plan includes an international force in Gaza to help secure a fragile ceasefire which began this month, halting two years of war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.
But it remains unclear whether Arab and other states will be ready to commit troops to the international force.
"Countries that want or are ready to send armed forces should be at least fair to Israel," Mr Saar said at a news conference in Budapest.
Once warm Turkish-Israeli relations soured drastically during the Gaza war, with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan lambasting Israel's devastating air and ground campaign in the small Palestinian enclave.
"Turkey, led by Erdogan, led a hostile approach against Israel," Mr Saar said, speaking alongside his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto.
"So it is not reasonable for us to let their armed forces enter the Gaza Strip and we will not agree to that and we said it to our American friends," Mr Saar said.
While the Trump administration has ruled out sending US soldiers into the Gaza Strip, it has been speaking to Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and Azerbaijan to contribute to the multinational force.
Last week Mr Netanyahu hinted that he would be strongly opposed to any role for Turkish security forces in Gaza.
Yesterday, he said Israel would decide which foreign forces to allow in Gaza.
It comes as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on a visit to Israel aimed at shoring up the truce, said on Friday the international force would have to be made up of "countries that Israel's comfortable with".
He made no comment on Turkish involvement.
Rubio says Israeli strike on Gaza not a ceasefire violation
Mr Rubio said that the US does not view a strike that Israel said targeted a member of a Palestinian militant group in Gaza as a violation of a US-backed ceasefire.
Israel said it struck a member of the Islamic Jihad group on Saturday, accusing the individual of planning to attack Israeli troops. Islamic Jihad denied it was planning an attack.
Speaking aboard President Donald Trump's plane during a trip to Asia, Mr Rubio said: "We don't view that as a violation of the ceasefire."
The US top diplomat added that Israel has not surrendered its right to self-defense as part of the agreement brokered by Washington, Egypt and Qatar that saw the main militant faction in Gaza, Hamas, release the remaining living hostages held in Gaza this month.
"They have the right if there’s an imminent threat to Israel, and all the mediators agree with that," Rubio said.
Mr Rubio said the ceasefire in Gaza, which remains in force between Israel and Hamas just over two years since the war began, was based on obligations on both sides, reiterating that Hamas needs to speed up the return of the remains of hostages who died in captivity.
Israel's Saturday strike came shortly after Mr Rubio departed Israel after a visit aimed at shoring up the ceasefire.
