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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 650

Mavi Marmara

The Conscience, after a drone struck the vessel carrying aid to Gaza off the coast of Malta, May 2, 2025. (Government of Cyprus via AP)
May 4, 2025, 4:29 pm
Gaza flotilla organization accuses Malta of barring activists from drone-hit ship
Freedom Flotilla Coalition says Maltese authorities preventing vessel from docking for repairs, getting aid for passengers; Malta’s PM says country’s safety must be ensured
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Tents housing internally displaced Palestinians stand on the beach in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on May 10, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
August 17, 2024, 12:31 am
Anti-Israel activists seek to break naval blockade on Gaza, deliver humanitarian aid
Participants in Freedom Flotilla Coalition ‘expect to encounter resistance’; 2010 attempt to break blockade ended in death of 10 activists after they attacked Israeli troops
By Reuters and ToI Staff
File: The Akdeniz RoRo, part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, is loaded with goods as it is anchored in Tuzla seaport, near Istanbul on April 19, 2024. (Yasin Akgul/AFP)
April 27, 2024, 6:40 pm
Gaza ‘Freedom Flotilla’ blocked in Turkey after being denied use of 2 ships
Organizers say African nation Guinea-Bissau withdrew its flagged vessels, blame Israeli pressure on the country
By AFP and ToI Staff
Photo of the Mavi Marmara docked while returning to Istanbul on December 26, 2010. (AP/Burhan Ozbilici)
April 19, 2024, 4:00 am
Israel braces for ‘Freedom Flotilla’ set to sail from Turkey to Gaza
TV report says Israeli officials hope departure of convoy that aims to break Israeli blockade of Hamas-run enclave will be indefinitely postponed, after several delays already
By ToI Staff and Reuters
FILE: Palestinians waving national flags wait aboard small boats off the port of Gaza City on May 30, 2010, to greet the so-called 'Freedom Flotilla.' (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
November 21, 2023, 1:07 am
1,000 boats said set to leave Turkey for Gaza waters in new ‘Freedom Flotilla’
Reminiscent of infamous 2010 Mavi Marmara protest, large maritime convoy plans to remain in international waters off Ashdod and disrupt sea trade route to Israel
By Gianluca Pacchiani
People clash with Turkish anti-riot police officers during a protest to show solidarity with the Palestinians outside the US - Turkish Incirlik military air base in Adana, southern Turkey, November 5, 2023. (Mehmet Sancakzade/AP)
November 5, 2023, 10:42 pm
Turkish police tear gas pro-Palestinian protesters at air base used by US forces
Hundreds march on Incirlik Air in southeast of country to protest US secretary of state’s visit to Ankara; officers use water cannon to keep crowds away from military facility
By AFP and ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog (left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential complex in Ankara, on March 9, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)
August 17, 2022, 4:29 pm
Israel and Turkey to restore ambassadors in full renewal of diplomatic ties
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu vows that Ankara is ‘not giving up on the Palestinian cause’; Lapid: Move is ‘an important asset for regional stability’
By Ash Obel
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks to the media, in Ankara, Turkey, November 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
April 13, 2022, 7:21 pm
Turkish foreign minister says ties with Israel dependent on Palestinian rights
Speaking to Israeli journalists, Mevlut Cavusoglu says Ankara expects Jerusalem to respect international law for ‘sustainable’ relationship, hopes for return of Israeli tourists
By Lazar Berman
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin (not seen) during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Sept. 29, 2021. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
March 9, 2022, 8:06 am
As ties come out deep freeze, the ups and downs of Israel-Turkey relations
With Herzog making first high-level Israeli state visit to Ankara in over a decade, a look back at the rollercoaster of ties between the two nations in recent years
By AFP and ToI Staff
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit (left) with Gideon Sa'ar at a ceremony in Jerusalem, on June 14, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 17, 2021, 9:30 pm
Attorney general appears to push back against Sa’ar’s plan to split the role
Avichai Mandelblit argues post of military advocate general works better when having both defense and prosecutorial hats… and hints he’s also talking about his own job
By ToI Staff
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to his ruling party's lawmakers, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 23. 2020 (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)
December 25, 2020, 2:29 pm
After years of acrimony, Turkey’s Erdogan says he’d like better ties with Israel
Amid multiple reports of covert overtures between nations, some analysts see Ankara as seeking to start off relations with new, less friendly US administration on the right foot
By ToI Staff
The Mavi Marmara is seen of the coast of Israel in May 2010 (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon/FLASH90)
September 16, 2020, 9:24 pm
ICC rejects appeal for Marmara raid probe, but says prosecutor fudged decision
International court rejects request for judicial review of decision to not investigate flotilla deaths, though it admits errors made by Fatou Bensouda in reaching conclusion
By AFP and ToI Staff
In this handout photo provided by the Turkish Defense Ministry, North Macedonian officials unload Personal Protection Equipment donated by Turkey to help the country combat the coronavirus outbreak, April 8, 2020. (Turkish Defence Ministry via AP)
April 10, 2020, 2:08 pm
Turkey to supply Israel with coronavirus protective equipment – report
Jerusalem denies Turkish claims of humanitarian assistance and connection of aid to Palestinians, says deal purely commercial
By ToI Staff
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrives at Downing Street in central London to chair the government's Covid-19 daily briefing on April 7, 2020. (Tolga Akmen/AFP)
April 9, 2020, 9:08 pm
UK’s stand-in PM lost his great-grandparents in Holocaust, studied in West Bank
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has criticized Israel’s ‘disproportionate use of force’ but defended Gaza blockade; distant family said to have come to pre-state Israel
By ToI Staff
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) during the closing statements of the trial of Bosco Ntaganda, a Congo militia leader, in The Hague, Netherlands, August 28, 2018. (Bas Czerwinski/Pool via AP)
December 3, 2019, 1:48 am
For third time, ICC prosecutor refuses to open probe into Gaza flotilla incident
Pro-Israel activists praise Fatou Bensouda for ‘standing up for law and justice’ as six-year legal saga over Israeli commando raid on the Mavi Marmara likely comes to end
By Raphael Ahren
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