EMIRATES TRIBUNE
Thus, a report about the intention of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to travel to Gaza aboard a Turkish navy vessel accompanying a new attempt by protest boats to break Israel’s maritime blockade was enough to drive Israeli officials crazy.
In this context, an Israeli occupation commander said Monday Israel would view an attempt by Erdogan to sail to Gaza as an act of war.
“If he comes here with Turkish warships there can be no doubt that it would amount to a declaration of war,” Major-Genral Uzi Dayan told Army Radio. “We need to draw a clear line and say that whoever crosses it will not be boarded but sunk.”
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