Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that he was canceling plans to visit Israel because of its inhumane war against Hamas movement in Gaza.

"We had a project to go to Israel, but it was canceled, we will not go," Erdogan told ruling party lawmakers in parliament, adding that he viewed Hamas as liberators fighting for their own land.

Ankara's relations with Israel froze over an Israeli raid on a Turkish ship carrying aid into Gaza, which killed 10 civilians in 2010.