Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday hit out at the United Nations and called on the “Islamic world” to react after the latest deadly Israeli strikes in Gaza, Ednews reports via Agence France-Presse (AFP).

“The UN cannot even protect its own staff. What are you waiting for to act? The spirit of the United Nations is dead in Gaza,” Erdoğan told lawmakers from his AKP party, according to AFP.

Erdoğan’s comments came as the UN security council met to discuss a deadly Israeli attack on a displacement camp west of Rafah on Tuesday that killed 21 people, according to a civil defence official in Hamas-run Gaza.

Erdoğan also hit out at fellow Muslim-majority countries for failing to take common action over the Israeli strike, reports AFP.

“I have some words to say to the Islamic world: what are you waiting for to take a common decision?” Erdoğan, who leads a Muslim-majority country of 85 million people, told lawmakers from his AKP party.

“Israel is not just a threat to Gaza but to all of humanity,” he said.

“No state is safe as long as Israel does not follow international law and does not feel bound by international law,” Erdoğan added, repeating an accusation that Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza.