Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip

Israeli navy boards aid ship bound for Gaza
Article | JERUSALEM -- Israeli naval commandos boarded an Irish humanitarian aid ship bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip without incident Saturday and diverted it to an Israeli port, after a similar attempt earlier in the week to intercept a ship from Turkey ended in a deadly melee at sea.

U.S. warned Israel before raid
Article | The Obama administration said Wednesday that it had warned Israel's government repeatedly to use "caution and restraint" with half a dozen aid boats bound for the Gaza Strip before Israeli commandos raided the flotilla this week in an operation that killed nine people.