Netanyahu ordered drone attacks on Gaza-bound aid boats off Tunisia last month: report

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly approved attacks on two vessels last month that were part of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian supporters, CBS News reports, citing two US intelligence officials.

Israeli forces on September 8 and 9 launched drones from a submarine and dropped incendiary devices onto the boats that were moored outside the Tunisian port of Sidi Bou Said, causing a fire, Reuters quotes the report as saying.

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