Turkish Foreign Ministry Hakan Fidan (Photo: AP)

Turkish Foreign Ministry Hakan Fidan said in a statement on Sunday that a letter signed by 52 nations and two organizations was sent to the UN calling for a halt in military transfers to Israel.

At a news conference in Djibouti, on the sidelines of the Turkey-Africa collaboration meeting, Fidan said nations who send weapons to Israel are complicit in genocide. 

Among the letter’s signatories were Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Algeria, China, Iran, and Russia. The Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, both inter-governmental organizations within the UN, also signed the document.

The Israeli army's all-out offensive on the Gaza Strip since last October has killed 43,000 people and injured nearly 100,000, 70% of them children and women.

A UN report estimates that the bombs and shells Israel dropped on the Gaza Strip in the past year had the destructive power of three atomic bombs.