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Israel has vowed to confront Gaza-bound aid missions, branding relief efforts as means of "provocation" and denying any dire humanitarian crises in Gaza, the coastal silver which has endured more than three years of an all-out Tel Aviv-imposed siege.
Handlers and their dogs are to join training commandos on the obstacle courses for the Israeli military's Oketz canine unit to back up the forces in the surges, Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post reported on Friday.
The decision was made after Israel attacked Freedom Flotilla, an international Turkish-backed aid convoy, which had set sail to break the Israeli siege. The fleet was carrying approximately 750 human rights activists and around 10,000 tons of construction material, medical equipment and school supplies.
The attack in the international waters killed nine Turkish activists, including a Turkish-American teenager, and injured about 50 others.
Testifying in August before a United Nations board of inquiry, Israeli parliamentarian, Hanin Zuabi shed further light on the incident. Zuabi, who had joined the Flotilla, claimed that Israel's use of large numbers of troops with sophisticated weaponry suggested that Tel Aviv intended to kill the passengers.
"It was evident from the beginning that the commandos viewed all of us activists as terrorists," said Zuabi, adding that "We were very peaceful activists, but the commandos came to kill."
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