Israel Objects to Turkish TV Show

Israel's foreign minister has ordered ministry officials to summon Turkey's ambassador in Israel and protest to him over a Turkish TV series that reportedly portrays Israeli soldiers murdering innocent children.

It is the latest twist in worsening relations between the two Mediterranean countries which have traditionally had close defense ties.

The show graphically portrays Israeli soldiers shooting Palestinian children, including babies. Israeli commentators said the TV show is a new form of anti-Semitism, reports CBS News correspondent Robert Berger from Jerusalem.

A foreign ministry statement issued Wednesday night quoted minister Avigdor Lieberman as saying that the program screened by Turkish state TV constituted incitement against Israel "at the most grave level."

Muslim Turkey accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza, and strategic ties between the two countries have plummeted since Israel's January offensive against Islamic militants in the Gaza Strip, which killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians.