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DEBKAfile DEBKA-Net-Weekly June 2, 2010, 12:34 PM (GMT+02:00)
Turkish prime minister squares off against Israel
The war projected between Israel and the Iran-led bloc of Syria, Hizballah and Hamas is suddenly overshadowed by Turkish-Israeli hostilities over a deadly Israeli commando raid on an aid flotilla from Istanbul. Against the US president Barack Obama’s bid to bridge the rift, Turkish generals are drawing up plans to break Israel’s Gaza blockade and avenge 9 deaths, while Israel is bound by its war on terror to thwart them – bringing both to the brink of overt hostilities.