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Turkey expels Israel’s ambassador to Ankara

"Right now, the measures we take are the relations between Turkey and Israel are reduced to the level of second secretary. All responsible with degree higher than second secretary, and first of the ambassador, must return to their country by Wednesday, "he said in a news conference.
Ankara also suspended all military agreements with Israel.
Turkey recently announced it would implement its "Plan B" sanctions against Israel if they obstinately refused to apologize for the Israeli assault on a flotilla to Gaza, which in 2010 cost the lives of nine Turks.
The UN made a report on the crisis and said the operation of the Israeli navy was "excessive," although he acknowledged the legality of the naval blockade imposed by the Jewish state in Gaza.
Israel accepted the UN report about the attack on the international fleet although "specific reserves," he told AFP on Friday to a senior official, who stressed that the document acknowledges the legality of the blockade of Gaza, the full text published Thursday’s New York Times.
In this regard, the Turkish minister said his country does not recognize Israel’s right to impose a blockade on Gaza and is willing to take the matter before the International Court of Justice in The Hague. "As a country which has the largest coastline in the Mediterranean, Turkey will take the precautions it deems necessary for the safety of maritime navigation in the Eastern Mediterranean," said Davutoglu.
The United Nations report on the Israeli attack on the flotilla to Gaza, which killed nine Turks in 2010, is "null and void", estimated by hand on Friday the Turkish President, Abdullah Gül. "The report is null and void for us," Gul told reporters, according to images broadcast by Turkish television.