By By Paul Iddon May 26, 2014 in Politics A court in Istanbul has tried four former Israeli military commanders over the May 2010 Mavi Marmara raid. They said these four need to be arrested. The Istanbul 7th Court of Serious Crimes, As Now this court is saying that these four Israelis should spend the rest of their lives in prison. In "We knew the crisis was coming, but we did not foresee that it would result like that," Çelikkol said before adding, "Obviously, we were not expecting Israel to let the humanitarian aid reach Gaza, but we thought the intervention method would be different." He believes that the Israeli military may have had faulty intelligence regarding the Mavi Marmara. He said that, "To resort to such a violent intervention, with commandos descending on the ship, this is what makes us suspect that perhaps they had some wrong information about the ship." The group which organized the flotilla the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) group has, The IHH had its offices raided by Turkish anti-terror police due to allegations that the group had links to the al Qaeda network. The IHH vehemently denies this. The Turkish court in question said that the former commanders, including the former Israel Defense Force chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi, have to be arrested for their part in the Mavi Marmara raid in 2010 that which resulted in the deaths of nine Turkish citizens.The Istanbul 7th Court of Serious Crimes, according to Hurriyet Daily News , has decided to call on Interpol to issue a Red Notice for the arrest of Ashkenazi along with Israel's former Navy chief Eliezer Merom, former Military Intelligence chief Amos Yadlin and the former Air Force intel chief Avishai Levi.As previously reported , part of the reconciliation deal between Israel and Turkey brokered last year by the United States was that Turkey would drop these legal proceedings following Israel's apology and payment of reparations to the families of those who lost their lives.Now this court is saying that these four Israelis should spend the rest of their lives in prison.In other news related to that 2010 incident , Turkey's former ambassador to Israel Oğuz Çelikkol has said that the flotilla raid took Turkey by surprise at the time."We knew the crisis was coming, but we did not foresee that it would result like that," Çelikkol said before adding, "Obviously, we were not expecting Israel to let the humanitarian aid reach Gaza, but we thought the intervention method would be different."He believes that the Israeli military may have had faulty intelligence regarding the Mavi Marmara. He said that, "To resort to such a violent intervention, with commandos descending on the ship, this is what makes us suspect that perhaps they had some wrong information about the ship."The group which organized the flotilla the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) group has, according to Israel National News , refused to accept any apology or compensation from Israel for the raid.The IHH had its offices raided by Turkish anti-terror police due to allegations that the group had links to the al Qaeda network. The IHH vehemently denies this. More about Turkey, Israel, Mavi marmara, IDF Turkey Israel Mavi marmara IDF