Tel Aviv, June 30 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asserted that his administration views Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rhetoric against Israel "very seriously" and intends to take up the matter with the United States.

According to a report by The Times of Israel, Netanyahu emphasised the gravity of the regular threats emanating from Ankara, noting that Israel cannot afford to overlook such explicit hostility.

Addressing a cabinet session on Sunday, Netanyahu stated, "Hardly a day goes by without Erdogan calling for the destruction of the State of Israel. We take those words very seriously, because if there is one thing we have learned from the history of our people, it is that when someone says they intend to...