Turkey condemns IDF Gaza attacks as 'excessive and disproportionate'

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http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/turkey-condemns-idf-gaza-attacks-as-excessive-and-disproportionate-1.355180

Turkey expressed displeasure on Sunday at Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip over the weekend, calling the strikes "excessive and disproportionate", Agence France-Presse reported.

“We strongly condemn the excessive and disproportionate reprisals of Israel that have injured and killed civilians in Gaza,” read a Turkish Foreign Ministry statement. “The region cannot be allowed to enter into a new spiral of violence,” it added.

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Relations between Israel and Turkey, once close allies, have sharply deteriorated in recent years amid Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s frequent outbursts against Israeli policies towards the Palestinians and Israel's raid on the Gaza flotilla in May, in which IDF commandos killed 9 Turkish citizens aboard.