Nine people were killed in a demonstration attended by 10,000 people in Istanbul against the Israeli military action on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. Eight of the victims were Turkish citizens, the Hurriyet daily reports.

The action was held in Caglayan Square. The demonstrators burnt an Israeli flag and chanted anti-Israeli slogans “Israel is a murderer”, “Allah Akbar”, “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, revenge, revenge!” The inscriptions “Zionist, terrorist Israel - away from Palestine,” “Israeli murderers, hands off our ships!” were seen on the posters.

The Humanitarian aid fund-one of the organizers of “Freedom Flotilla”-organized the action.