GEO 436 ISTANBUL: Tens of thousands of angry Turks chanted anti-Israeli slogans at funeral prayers Thursday for victims of the Gaza aid flotilla attack, after activists detained in the raid flew home to a heroes” welcome. The Jewish state meanwhile suffered a new diplomatic blow when South Africa recalled its ambassador in protest at Israel’’s commando assault Monday in which nine people were killed. And a new boat carrying Malaysian and Irish activists was set to arrive off Gaza at the weekend. “Damn Israel! Israel is the angel of death!” chanted the crowd in Istanbul’’s Fatih Mosque as the coffins of eight activists were laid on marble stands, covered with both Turkish and Palestinian flags. Others in the crowd — estimated by local television to number up to 20,000 — shouted, “We are all soldiers of Hamas,” referring to the Palestinian Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip.
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