Today, Saturday, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said that a frigate of the Turkish Navy has docked in Haifa port, accompanied by an American missile ship.
This body stated that this comes within the framework of a mission for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in the region, against the backdrop of the return of diplomatic and security relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv.
The frigate's visit - which is scheduled to stay several days - is the first for a Turkish navy ship in more than 10 years.
Recent months have witnessed a rapprochement between Turkey and Israel, and the two sides announced last month that they would reappoint their ambassadors after 4 years of tense relations following Ankara's protest against the killing of dozens of Palestinians by Israeli forces' bullets on the Gaza Strip borders during the "return demonstrations" commemorating the Nakba.
Prior to that, relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv cracked in 2010 after the killing of 10 Turkish civilians in an Israeli raid on the Turkish ship "Mavi Marmara", which was trying to deliver aid and break the Israeli siege imposed on the Gaza Strip.