(NEWS) Netanyahu Slams Hamas In Flotilla Probe

"Netanyahu defends Israel's actions to Turkel C'tee.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, appearing Monday before the Turkel committee probing the flotilla incident of May 31, went on the offensive and said that in order to deal with the flotilla incident as a whole, it was necessary to clarify the government's policy toward Hamas.

Over the last decade, Netanyahu said, Hamas has increasingly received aid from Iran 'which also calls to erase Israel from the map,' and has essentially turned the area into 'Hamastan.' 'Iran provided Hamas with thousands of rockets, missiles and other arms' which were used, and are still being used, against Israel, he said."