Prosecutor asks Turkey court to drop Gaza ship case against Israelis
A Turkish prosecutor has called on an Istanbul court to drop the case brought against Israeli military officials over the murder of activists during a 2010 Israeli raid on an aid flotilla heading to the besieged Gaza Strip.
The prosecutor reportedly made the request to dismiss the case during a hearing on Friday, citing a reconciliation deal between Ankara and Tel Aviv.
The deal, reached this year, prevents individual Israelis or those acting on behalf of Tel Aviv from being held liable for the attack, and has had the regime pay out 20 million dollars in compensation to the survivors.
The Mavi Marmara vessel was attempting to break the Israeli naval blockade of the enclave when Israeli commandos raided it, killing nine activists. A tenth Turkish national succumbed to his injuries four years later.
Israel's former military chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi, former navy chief Eliezer Marom, former head of the military intelligence Amos Yadlin, and former air force intelligence chief Avishai Levy were tried in absentia in Istanbul, held responsible for the deaths of the nine activists.
Late in October, the families of Turkish citizens killed during the Israeli raid said they would not give up their legal case despite Ankara-Tel Aviv normalization of ties, which had been damaged by the raid.
The families also said they had not been informed of any details of the deal and had not received any money. Some have even said they would not take the money, even if it were to be offered to them.
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