Israel has faced a huge amount of condemnation, and large amounts of questioning after they raided a ship full of aid for the Palestinians. Turkey, one of its closest friend in the Muslim world, had also taken part in the condemnation and had cancelled any future meetings and Military exercises with Israel.
Both sides blame the other, Israelis say the pro-Palestinians started it by hitting them with knifes and rods, and the pro-Palestinians say the Israelis started it by firing on them, and 9 of their passengers were killed. The Israelis also claim that the ship wasn't an aid ship, but instead it was a ship full of pro- Palestinians ready to start a fight.
The Flotilla organization says that the passengers weren't militarily trained but instead were normal people that wanted to help take aid into Gaza. There were around 600 passengers that were taken to an Israeli jail where they are being interrogated with, around 40 had been aloud to leave and the others are still held. One of the passenger was a well known swedish author.
Many ship have been aloud to come into Gaza, many have been forced to go back, and there have also been incidents where the Israeli Navy commandeered aid ships into their sea ports; but this one was the most deadliest way of turning them back or towing them into a seaport.
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