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At the UN climate summit in Turkey on Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the Gaza war an ecocide and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran wants compensation for environmental damage from US and Israeli strikes. Israel rejected Erdogan's remarks as a campaign of lies, according to The Times of Israel. Pezeshkian said the damage from the recent war was severe and tied the issue to global concerns. A Jerusalem Post analysis said the summit increasingly serves as a diplomatic networking venue rather than a climate-focused gathering.