Israeli <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shayetet_13" id="mwAV0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Shayetet 13">Shayetet 13</a> commandos <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_flotilla_raid" id="mwAV4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gaza flotilla raid">boarded</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Freedom_Flotilla" id="mwAV8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gaza Freedom Flotilla">Gaza Freedom Flotilla</a> while still in international waters trying to break the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip" id="mwAWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Blockade of the Gaza Strip">ongoing blockade</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" id="mwAWE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a>; nine Turkish citizens on the flotilla were killed in the ensuing violent affray.