UN Security Councils Holds Emergency Session on Israeli Aid Convoy Raid -- Voice of America
The U.N. Security Council met in emergency session Monday to discuss the Israeli commando raid on a Turkish vessel in the Mediterranean Sea that left at least nine of those on board dead. Dozens more were wounded.
Seven Israeli soldiers were also wounded.
The vessel was part of a flotilla carrying 10,000 tons of supplies to the Gaza Strip in defiance of a three-year-old Israeli blockade.
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