Israel seems to reject international inquiry; navy kills militant divers in Gaza

Top story: Israel has still not issued a formal reply to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s proposal that an international investigation be held into the Israeli raid on a Gaza aid flotilla last week, but it seems clear that Israel has rejected the idea, and will conduct its own investigation.

“At the end of the day, Israel has the right, the duty, as a democracy to investigate any military activity,” Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren said on Sunday. The Israeli government is reportedly considering allowing some international participation in an Israeli-led inquiry into the incident.

The latest violence in Gaza came on Monday when the Israeli navy shot and killed four Palestinian militants in wetsuits off the coast. The four were reportedly members of the al Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade marine unit on a training mission.

The activists on board the Irish-flagged vessel Rachel Corrie were deported on Sunday after delivering aid to Gaza.