Israel said it seized the head of Hamas’s internal security force in the deadly operation. Fighting has continued in the enclave despite a U.S.-backed truce.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, this year. Analysts and officials fear the growing rivalry between Turkey and Israel could exacerbate volatility in the Middle East.
Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza, criticized Israel for its ongoing strikes on what it says are Hamas targets, after it rejected a plan to disarm the group.
A flotilla of about 50 boats carrying humanitarian aid departed Marmaris, Turkey, in May, intending to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Israeli forces boarded the boats and detained 400 people.
Two high-profile cases that had spurred international condemnation of the country’s conduct in Gaza were transferred to the military police. Such investigations have rarely led to convictions.
A day after President Trump’s envoy, Jared Kushner, visited Israel to advance a stalled plan for demilitarizing and rebuilding Gaza, the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas commanders.
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