Diplomatic Pressure Mounts on Israel After Gaza Strip Bloodshed
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- Interior Ministry says 10 of the dead belonged to Hamas
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Diplomatic pressure on Israel mounted following its bloodiest confrontation with the Palestinians since a 2014 war, with Turkey expelling the Israeli ambassador and criticism in European capitals spreading even as the violence ebbed.
Ambassador Eitan Na’eh was ordered to leave “for a while,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said, a day after Ankara recalled its envoy from Israel. Hours later, the Turkish consul in Jerusalem, Husnu Gurcan Turkoglu, was also sent home by Israel. The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation, meanwhile, called a May 18 meeting in Istanbul to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian confrontations in Gaza.