On Monday, May 31, 2010, Israel Navy troops boarded half a dozen ships that made up a flotilla headed from Turkey for the Gaza Strip. The six-vessel convoy had the intent of breaking through a comprehensive blockade Israel had placed on the coastal territory.
The navy took control of five of the ships without incident, but resistance by activists on the sixth vessel led to clashes that claimed the lives of nine of the boat's passengers, and left dozens of activists and soldiers wounded.
Israel had requested that the flotilla turn off its course, and head for the Israeli port of Ashdod, where the aid it was carrying could be transferred via land to Gaza. This was rejected by the flotilla, leading Israel to dispatch its troops to intercept the ships before they reached Gaza.
The action was condemned internationally, in particular by Turkey, which recalled its ambassador and branded Israel a "terrorist state."
Dror Feiler relinquished his Israeli citizenship after marrying a Swedish citizen, and an order banning him from Israel was issued against him in 2010 for participating in flotillas protesting the blockade on the Gaza Strip
In 2010, Israel Navy troops boarded ships that made up a flotilla from Turkey; in ensuing clashes nine people died and dozens of activists were wounded
The boat was carrying 22 people from 16 different countries in protest against Israel's decade-long blockade
Boat carrying Palestinians wounded in recent clashes at the border fence set sail for Cyprus
Yehudit Ilani detained, but not questioned, after covering Gaza-bound flotilla for a media outlets. She says she has no connection to the flotilla organizers
Navy fires warning shots, takes control of ship that violates blockade ■ Flotilla, consisting of several small ships, embarks to mark eight years since the Marmara flotilla incident
Unlike during the Mavi Marmara incident in 2010, this time, an angry Erdogan could harm Israeli economic ties
Nicaraguan President Ortega suspended ties with Israel in 2010 after the deadly raid on the Turkish flotilla trying enter Gaza.
Ramping up dialogue between the two countries, Foreign Ministry's director and his Turkish counterpart will discuss Syria, Russia, Gaza and the West Bank as last year’s thaw continues.
As part of rapprochement deal between Turkey and Israel, court also cancels international arrest warrants against former top officers who were charged with murder for their involvement in Mavi Marmara raid.
The deputy ambassador in Britain, Eitan Na’eh, will take over the latest improvement since the fallout after the 2010 Gaza flotilla incident.
Dror Feiler, now a Swedish citizen, can't visit his mother in Israel because of his participation in Gaza-bound flotillas.
The 13 women, including a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, were detained on Wednesday after their boat was prevented from reaching the Gaza Strip.
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The Israeli navy intercepted the Zaytouna-Olivia, which sought to break the blockade on the Gaza Strip, without incident on Wednesday.
Troops encounter no resistance, reroute boat to port city Ashdod. Among the boat's 13 passengers are several parliamentarians, an Olympic athlete, a retired U.S. army colonel and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Funds to be given to families of civilians killed on board Mavi Marmara flotilla in 2010; Israeli, Turkish ambassadors expected to be appointed in coming days.
Swedish rights group Ship to Gaza says it will demand damages after court rules impounding of ship in 2012 was illegal.
Foreign Ministry publishes tender for professional diplomat for prestigious post vacated in September 2011.
Prime minister criticizes Palestinian officials, says they condemn the attack in Nice while encouraging similar attacks in Israel.
Former national security adviser Uzi Arad also says that despite ministers’ demand, the cabinet didn't discuss easing Gaza blockade before the flotilla incident.
Joseph Ciechanover reflects on six years of secret talks with Turkey and efforts to resolve the diplomatic crisis, telling Haaretz: 'I needed a lot of patience.'
Haneen Zoabi remarked 'you murdered,' which was later interpreted as 'Israeli soldiers are murderers,' after she was insulted and shouted at by her Knesset 'colleagues.'
The prime minister, whose fingers are always on the nation’s pulse, has erred in some recent assessments.
Obama calls Turkish president to give condolences for the Istanbul terror attack and commend him for signing reconciliation deal with Israel.
Even if the agreement with Turkey included a generous financial grant to the naval commandos of Shayetet 13, the majority of Israelis would be against it.
There would have been no Israeli compensation to Turkey, no Israeli raid on a Turkish flotilla and no flotilla at all, for that matter, if Israel hadn't imposed its suffocating blockade on Gaza in the first place.
Living conditions should improve in the Strip and Israel gains a new channel of mediation, even if there won't be joint training of pilots or major new arms deals like in the past.
Rooted in the AKP's staunchly anti-Israel past, often tainted with blatant anti-Semitism, rooted in internal Turkish politics, Erdogan has always treated Turkey's relations with Israel with disdain. What changed?
Netanyahu says agreement creates stability in face of Mideast turmoil; Gaza blockade to remain, but Turkish aid to Gaza to be permitted through Israel.