Turkey expels Israeli ambassador over flotilla incident

JERUSALEM – Turkey said Friday that it would expel the Israeli ambassador and suspend military agreements with Israel, signaling a deepening rift between the former strategic allies in the aftermath of last year's deadly raid on a Turkish ship leading an aid flotilla to Gaza.

The Turkish move came hours ahead of the formal publication of a United Nations report that found that while Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip was legal, it had used "excessive and unreasonable" force when its commandos boarded a Turkish ship and killed nine people in clashes with activists 18 months ago.

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Paul Kane 02 Sep, 2011

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