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Israeli Probe Finds Turkish Ship Takeover Was Legal

JERUSALEM – An Israeli probe into its country's raid on an aid ship bound for Gaza last May has found that Israeli soldiers acted in self-defense. Nine Turkish citizens, one of them a dual American citizen, were killed in fighting aboard the ship, the Mavi Marmara. The Israeli investigation also found that Israel's...

Israel Intercepts Jewish Aid Boat Headed to Gaza

(Sept. 28) -- Israeli warships intercepted a Jewish aid vessel off Gaza today as it tried to deliver medical goods and toys in defiance of an Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory. The British-flagged ship Irene left Cyprus on Sunday, carrying nine Jewish activists from the U.S., Britain, Germany and Israel, on a...

Israel to Take Part in UN Probe of Deadly Flotilla Raid

JERUSALEM (Aug. 2) -- Israel agreed Monday to participate in a U.N. investigation of its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last spring, a surprising departure from its traditional distrust of the world body. Israel expressed confidence the inquiry would find its actions justified. However, its decision to cooperate...

Israel Seizes Another Gaza-Bound Aid Ship

(June 5) -- Israeli troops have seized another Gaza-bound aid ship, preventing it from delivering humanitarian supplies to the Palestinian strip and forcing it instead into a nearby port without violence, in stark contrast to a similar effort that turned bloody last week. On Monday, Israeli commandos stormed six other...

Israel Lays Out Case for Its Own Flotilla Probe

JERUSALEM (June 3) -- As Turkey held emotional funerals for the nine pro-Palestinian activists killed in this week's Israeli assault on the Turkish-flagged ship Mavi Marmara, Israel faced increasing pressure for an international inquiry into the event. Turkish officials said that a forensic inquiry found that eight of...

Background on flotilla

A flotilla (from Spanish, meaning a small flota (fleet) of ships, and this from French flotte), or naval flotilla, is a formation of small warships that may be part of a larger fleet.

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