Killing Up to 19 People, Israel attacks on Gaza aid ships

[AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI]
www.jawapos.com / 1 juni 2010

Israel attacks a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, killing up to 19 people and drawing international condemnation. Outrage over Israel's attack on aid ship which was up to 19 activists was killed as Israeli naval forces stormed a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters. While Jerusalem argues its soldiers were attacked first, the raid has sparked international condemnation, and its consequences remain to be seen.

Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon branded the activists “allies of Israel’s Islamist enemy Hamas” and a government spokesman said the convoy was intended to offer support to the radical Palestinian group. Israel says it had to intervene to avoid “illegal” goods reaching the harbour at Gaza. Al Jazeera had earlier reported that the convoy had changed its course to avoid a confrontation with the Israeli navy.

The Turkish government is furious over the Israeli operation. Most of the victims who died are Turkish. Ankara denounced what it calls “Israel’s inhumane interception” and has warned of “irreparable consequences” to the two countries’ relations. In Istanbul, thousands of protesters gathered outside the Israeli consulate. The demonstrators, chanting anti-Israel slogans, attempted to break past security barricades, but were held back by police.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that what Israel committed on board the Freedom Flotilla was “a massacre”. He has declared three days of official mourning for the dead. Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, is outraged and has called on Arabs and Muslims throughout the world to “rise up” against Israel by rallying outside all of Israel’s embassies.

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