The Israeli Foreign Ministry condemned the harassment of Klodya Medina Halfon, a Turkish-born Israeli woman, at a mall in Istanbul, Turkey.

The ministry blamed Turkey’s extension of a safe haven for Hamas terrorists and its increasing hostility to Israel for creating an atmosphere in which such intense harassment can take place.

“Turkey rolls out the red carpet for Hamas terrorists. Now an Israeli-Turkish citizen is harassed and screamed at in an Istanbul mall,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a social media statement.

“When a government gives terrorists a safe haven, it should come as no surprise when their hatred is echoed on its streets,” it added. “Disgraceful and unacceptable.”

Klodya Medina Halfon, who works as a medical tourism guide bringing Israelis to Turkey for cosmetic surgery, was walking through the mall when pro-Hamas activists started following her and screaming “Child killer” and “I don’t want Zionists in my country.”

Pro-Hamas activists who monitored her social media spotted her and put out a call for a “face-to-face protest,” urging all Palestine activists to join them.

Soon Halfon was surrounded by a screaming and grasping mob until she was rescued by mall security. Turkey is investigating the incident.

This incident comes amid increasing tensions between Turkey and Israel. In August, Turkish Justice Minister Akın Gürlek requested that an Interpol “red notice” be issued against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and 35 other Israeli officials for genocide and crimes against humanity connected to the detention of Gaza flotilla activists, leading to a war of words with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In July, Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, said that Israel seeks a new enemy in order to rehabilitate its image in the world’s eyes. He failed to name this new enemy or to explain how fighting a new enemy is supposed to help Israel’s image.

He concluded his strange remarks by saying that “Everyone knows it. Everyone feels it. They whisper about it behind closed doors, and from time to time they even speak about it openly. But this is humanity’s shared problem. I mean, this needs to be named for what it is. These people have become a burden that humanity can no longer bear, with these policies and this mindset. Humanity cannot bear this.”

This led to another war of words from his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Sa’ar.