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<div class="title"><em>Israel&#8217;s local probe: troops &#8220;innocent&#8221; over deadly Gaza ship raid</em></div>
<div class="short_content"><em>An inquiry into the Israeli deadly raid on  a Gaza aid flotilla international waters is likely to find Israeli  troops &#8220;innocent&#8221;, several Israeli media reports have said.</em></div>
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<p><strong>World Bulletin / News Desk</p>
<p></strong>An  inquiry into the Israeli deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla  international waters is likely to find Israeli troops (IDF) &#8220;innocent&#8221;,  several Israeli media reports have said, citing anonymous sources close  to the committee holding the inquiry.</p>
<p>The first part of the  report prepared by a committee led by retired Israeli Supreme Court  judge Jacob Turkel will be submitted to Prime Minister Benjamin  Netanyahu on Sunday. The report will later be presented to the public.</p>
<p>“The report is expected to clear the IDF of any wrongdoing in the  flotilla incident. It will determine that the naval operation to take  over the Gaza aid flotilla was not a violation of any international law  and that the soldiers acted on the Mavi Marmara out of self-defense,”  Arutz Sheva reported on Friday, noting that the first part of the report  deals with the legality of the naval blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip  and whether it adheres to the principles of international law.</p>
<p>A Turkish-American teenager and eight Turkish activists were killed  during the dawn raid on the Mavi Marmara in international waters off the  eastern Mediterranean coast. The ship was part of an international  flotilla trying to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.</p>
<p>The UN  announced its probe into the deadly raid in August. The investigation is  led by former New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer and includes  an Israeli and a Turkish representative on the panel.</p>
<p>Turkey,  which says the attack was a clear violation of international law and  demands a formal apology, presented its own report on the flotilla raid  to the UN in September.</p>
<p>After submitting the first part of the  report, the committee will continue to work for another few months and  complete the second part, which will examine the question of whether the  mechanisms for examining and investigating complaints and claims raised  in relation to violations of the laws of armed conflict conform with  the obligations of the state of Israel under the rules of international  law, Arutz Sheva also reported.</p>
<p>In New York, the UN on  Wednesday expressed “disappointment” over being informed by Israel of  “another delay,” while not elaborating on the length of this delay.</p>
<p>“I think you&#8217;re aware that Turkey provided a report on its national  investigation in September of last year, and Israel is still waiting for  the final version of the report of the commission, the Turkel  committee, which is conducting its national investigation, and Israel is  waiting for that report to be handed over. Mr. [Geoffrey] Palmer, the  chair of the panel, told the secretary-general that he has been informed  by the Israeli side of another delay in the provision of this report,  which is disappointing,” Martin Nesirky, spokesperson for UN  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, told reporters in response to a question  during a briefing.</p>
<p>“The secretary-general urges Israel, both  the government and the Turkel committee, to ensure that the report on  the flotilla incident is communicated promptly to the Panel of Inquiry,”  Nesirky also said, without elaborating whether there was a deadline for  Israel to convey its report.</p>
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