16 Killed As Israel Storms Aid Convoy
Up to 16 people have been killed after Israeli commandos stormed saldırmak an aid convoy sailing to the Gaza Strip, say reports.
Witnesses şahit said the violence şiddet happened when Israeli soldiers boarded a Turkish ship that was leading the six-ship flotilla küçük filo.
According to Israel's private channel 10 television, Israeli marine commandos had opened fire after being attacked with axes balta; kısma and knives by a number of the passengers on board the aid ships, the television said, without giving the source of its information.
The station did not say whether the dead and injured were passengers or members of the Israeli navy donanma.
Turkey warned Israel of "irreparable onarılamaz consequences sonuç" following the deaths and said the incident hadise was "unacceptable".
Israel expressed regret üzüntü for the deaths. "The images are certainly not pleasant. I can only voice regret at all the fatalities kurban," Trade and Industry Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told Israel's Army Radio.
Sky's Middle East correspondent Dominic Waghorn said: "There already was much debate tartışma in Israel about the wisdom of blocking this flotilla from a PR point of view.
"Israel will defend savunmak this action by saying it is in a state of war with Hamas which controls the Gaza Strip and therefore can block anything moving into and out of the area. But whatever the legalities hukuk storming an aid armada with commandos was never going to look good for Israel."
Israel calls this a provocation flotilla. It insists it gave its organisers plenty yeteri kadar of opportunities fırsat to land their aid in Israel and have it transferred overland karadan. Israel believes its blockade of Gaza is weakening Hamas and they are determined to prevent the embargo being lifted by sea.
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