'Israel's Flotilla probe not enough'

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu

Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=134695§ionid=351020204


Turkey says it will continue to push for an international investigation into Israel's lethal attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy which killed nine civilians.

Israeli navy forces attacked the Gaza Freedom Flotilla on May 31, killing nine Turk activists, including a Turkish-American teenager, who were accompanying the civilian aid convoy on its blockade-busting mission.

The Israeli commandos had committed "a crime" and said Turkey wants an international probe, Associated Press quoted Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as saying on Tuesday.

The remark came after Israel's internal military inquiry found "operational mistakes" in the bloody incident and charged the army with poor preparation for the takeover of the fleet.

The so-called Eiland committee concluded that flawed intelligence-gathering and planning led to the botched operation.

It also acknowledged "mistakes on the high military levels," which it, however, downplayed by saying they "were not the result of negligence."

Davutoglu told reporters that he welcomed the fact that the report acknowledged "mistakes" were made, but emphasized Ankara's call for an impartial international inquiry into the lethal onslaught.