A suggestion of a real confrontation:

Two Turkish activists were reported to be among those killed in the flotilla. Ankara warned that further supply vessels will be sent to Gaza, escorted by the Turkish Navy, a development with unpredictable consequences.

Ian Welsh has more. The death toll is now being put at 19. I wonder what the nationalities of the dead and injured are.

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