While Turkey over the weekend approved the reconciliation agreement with Israel, the Turkish Foreign Ministry was quick to condemn IDF air strikes over Gaza which were in retaliation for a rocket attack into Sderot on Sunday. B�chasdei Hashem there were no fatalities or injuries in the attack as a rocket landed between two homes. There was property damage however. The attack led to an Israeli response in which dozens of terrorist targets in Gaza were hit.

Turkey�s Foreign Minister was quoted calling the IDF response a �hostile attitude� and fell short of any condemnation of the unprovoked rocket fire into southern Israel from Gaza. The statement continued, adding the attacks which led to injuries to innocent Palestinians are �not acceptable regardless of their grounds�.

The ministry statement added that reconciliation with Israel does not mean Turkey will remain silent in the face of such actions.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)