Israel names retired judge to probe aid flotilla seizure

Israel will appoint retired Supreme Court
Judge Yakov Tirkel to head a commission of inquiry into the seizure
of six ships carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists to the Gaza
Strip, dpa quoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying on Sunday.
He told a meeting of ministers of his Likud Party that details of
the commission have been coordinated with the United States.
The other members of the commission have not been named, but
Israel Army Radio reported that it will include two foreign
observers, one from the Europe and one from the United States.
-- SPA