Yesterday saw the publication of a report into Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza, the
Hamas-run part of the Palestinian crypto-state, and the Israeli military’s raid on a flotilla of aid ships bound for the coastal enclave last year.
The inquiry, headed by former judge Yaakov Turkel, argued that:
“The naval blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip… was legal pursuant to the rules of international law” The inquiry defined the fight between Israeli forces and Hamas and other Gaza-based militant groups as “an international armed conflict”.
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