ROME, June 27 (UPI) -- Turkey and Israel reached an agreement to normalize diplomatic relations after six years, paving the way for mutually beneficial energy deals.
The agreement, confirmed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, will end frosty relations between the two countries since an Israeli raid in 2010 on Turkish ships defying an Israeli blockade to reach Hamas-controlled Gaza. Ten people were killed in the attack on the Mavi Marmara and other vessels in the flotilla.