Tags: Gaza blockade Hamas seaborne Israeli commandos The Israeli commando raid on a Turkish ferry heading to break the Gaza blockade, in which 9 activists were killed, is turning out a week later to have kicked off a semi-clandestine sea war between Israel, Turkey and the Gaza-based Hamas, DEBKAfile's military sources report. Monday, June 7, Hamas frogmen were on their way to a large-scale attack on an Israeli target when their boat was intercepted by Israeli commandos and four or five armed Palestinians killed. Some hours after Israeli commandos clashed with armed men aboard the Mavi Marmara, Kurdish PKK rebel fighters attacked the Turkish naval base at Following the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan's fiery abuse of Early Monday, June 7, an Israeli Navy Commando force intercepted a large group of armed Palestinian frogmen, members of the Hamas sea commando, on their way from the Gaza Strip to the Israeli shore to the north early Monday, June 7. Palestinian sources confirmed at least four wet-suited terrorists were killed, and another four were missing in the wake of a shootout in the Nahal Aza area of the Gaza Strip near Nuseirat between their boat and Israeli troops. Shortly afterwards, a Palestinian Qassam missile squad was spotted on land near Jebalya preparing to fire into
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 7, 2010, 11:11 AM (GMT+02:00)
Our military sources disclose
The IDF spokesman reported there were no Israeli casualties. DEBKAfile's military sources report the Hamas seaborne unit aimed to prove itself capable by striking an Israeli target of retaliating for the thwarting of the Turkish-led campaign to break the
DEBKAfile: Cross-fire from
Monday, 7 June 2010
Israel, Turkey, Gaza in covert sea war.
Hamas frogmen thwarted
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