- Title: TURKEY: Protesters set Israeli flag ablaze as they protest the Gaza strike
- Date: 16th November 2012
- Summary: ANKARA, TURKEY (NOVEMBER 16, 2012) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING PRO-HAMAS SLOGANS 2. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS SETTING ISRAELI FLAG ABLAZE 3. PROTESTERS CHANTING ISTANBUL, TURKEY (NOVEMBER 16, 2012) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 4. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MARCHING AND CHANTING ANTI-ISRAELI SLOGANS 5. VARIOUS OF CROWD PROTESTING OUTSIDE ISTANBUL'S ISRA
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- Location: Turkey
- Country: Turkey
- Reuters ID: LVA3J1QRHF8BKKXU85K8HFD3HCUP
- Story Text: Hundreds of Turks protested Israel's Gaza strike in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul as well as the capital of Ankara on Friday (November 16).
Protesters chanted slogans against Israel and set the Jewish state's flag ablaze.
This week, two days of relentless Israeli air strikes on Gaza and the drafting of reserve troops have raised fears of a full ground invasion in an attempt to end militant rocket salvoes, a few of which have crashed near Israel's biggest city Tel Aviv for the first time.
Twenty-two Palestinians have died in the air strikes since Wednesday. Three Israelis were killed by a rocket on Thursday.
The Gaza conflagration has fanned tensions in the Middle East with two years of Arab revolution and a civil war in Syria that threatens to spill beyond its borders. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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