Turkey sends medical supplies to Israel

Turkey is supplying medical equipment to Israel to help the country fight the Covid-19 outbreak, despite strained ties.

According to a senior Turkish official, Israel is expected to allow a similar shipment of Turkish aid to reach Palestinian authorities without any holdups.

Israeli authorities weren’t immediately available for comment on Thursday, which is a public holiday in the country, said The Bloomberg.

Before now-President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took power in 2003, Turkey was Israel’s closest partner in the Muslim world, and their militaries had strong ties.

Relations strained when in 2010 a Turkish flotilla bound for the Hamas-run Gaza Strip was raided by Israeli commandos, resulting in the deaths of 10 civilians.

Israel has confirmed about 9,000 cases of the virus and more than 50 deaths.

Source: Agencies 

 

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