Turkey Demands Israel Give Names of Counter-Terror Commandos

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

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Turkey has petitioned Israel to identify the names of the Navy commandos who stopped the IHH flotilla last May from reaching Hamas-controlled Gaza and killed nine terrorists.

The Turkish daily Today%u2019s Zayman reported Saturday that %u201CIstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has submitted a letter to Israeli judicial authorities, demanding the identity of responsible people%u201D in the counterterrorist operation. The letter demanded names and contact details along with an official copy of information and documents related to the incident.

Turkey has accused Israel of premediated murder and its probe of the May 31 flotilla clash implicated Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Defense Minister Ehud Barak.

The incident froze what already were frigid relations between Israel and Turkey, which was a long-time friend of the Jewish State until Operation Cast Lead two years ago and Prime Minister Erdogan’s rapprochement with fundamental Islam, Syria and Iran.

The flotilla clash sparked international accusations against Israel, which contained some of the condemnation with documented evidence that the IHH %u201Chumanitarian aid” flotilla was a camouflage for an intended armed conflict with Israeli soldiers.

An inspection of the Mavi Marmara boat, which was the only one of the six ships in the flotilla that was involved in the clash, contained no humanitarian aid at all.

Videos taken from the ship showed that IHH activists took and made weapons on board and attacked the Navy commandos, which were unarmed except for paint-ball guns and revolvers, as they descended on deck from hovering helicopters.

Another flotilla, including the Mavi Marmara ship, is being planned in June to test the Israeli maritime blockade on Hamas-controlled Gaza, where the terrorist organization has smuggled in advanced weapons, terrorists and hundreds of tons of explosives over the past several years.

(IsraelNationalNews.com)

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