In return, Turkey will drop all legal claims against Israel over the incident.
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An Israeli official says that Israel and Turkey have reached “an understanding” that could lead to a rapprochement between the former allies whose relations broke down in 2010.
A US official familiar with the agreement confirmed the details.
A rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip hit an open field in southern Israel on Thursday, the Israeli army said, without reporting casualties.
Salah Aruri, the senior Hamas official believed to have masterminded the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens in Gush Etzion past year, will not be permitted to enter Turkey.
Also Wednesday, a Jerusalem municipal committee advanced plans to build 891 housing units in Gilo, a Jewish area of east Jerusalem that Israel considers an integral part of Jerusalem but that the worldwide community considers an illegal settlement.
According to the official, incoming Mossad chief Yossi Cohen and Joseph Ciechanover, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s point-man for Turkish reconciliation, made up Israeli team, with Turkish foreign ministry undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu representing Ankara.
The parties were aiming to reach a conclusion as soon as possible, on conditions previously announced by Turkey, the sources added.
The meeting comes after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s talk of improved ties between the two governments. USA citizens should take into consideration the following information, including the rules governing travel in this region by US government employees.
Nine Turks died in the raid and one more, who was in a coma, died in 2014.
Israel apologized to Turkey for the deaths and agreed to compensate the victims’ families under a U.S.-brokered arrangement in 2013.
Israeli leaders say Palestinian incitement to violence on social media and sympathy with Islamist militant calls for Israel’s destruction are key factors behind the wave of Palestinian attacks.
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Turkey is now experiencing a major crisis in its ties with Russian Federation, from which it buys more than half of its natural gas needs.
