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ANKARA -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan will visit the Gaza Strip if Israel does not apologize for its 2010 attack on the Freedom Flotilla, Turkish media reported.
"Erdogan's visit to Gaza will spark a new crisis in Turkish-Israeli relations," Turkey's Radical paper said, referring to diplomatic sources.
Relations between Israel and Turkey, which was previously Israel's closest ally in the region, have been on the rocks since last year when Israeli commandos raided the Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
Erdogan has said he will visit Gaza, if the "conditions are right."
The Jerusalem Post reports that Erdogan was originally planning to visit Gaza on July 21 via Egypt's Rafah crossing, but decided to delay his trip hoping to put pressure on Israel to issue an apology before the upcoming release of the UN’s Palmer Commission report on August 1.
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