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Israel recently offered Turkey $20 million as compensation to families of those individuals who were killed in Israel's 2010 raid on the flotilla that was delivering humanitarian aid supplies to Gaza. (AFP/File)

February 12th, 2014 - 02:20 GMT

Erdogan demands Israel lift Gaza blockade as pre-condition for flotilla negotiations

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday demanded Israel to lift its blockade on the besieged Gaza Strip in order to sign an agreement between the two countries.