Turk bombers originally targeted Israeli ship

Quoting Harun Ilhan, a Turkish militant linked to Osama bin Laden and now under arrest, Milliyet said the group decided to strike the consulate only at the last minute after the Israeli vessel failed to dock at Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Alanya.

It did not specify the kind of vessel targeted, but the Cumhuriyet newspaper reported on Friday that it was a passenger
ship.