Two of Turkey's Gaza-bound aid ships seized by Israel after the May 31 Israeli raid have left an Israeli port on Thursday to return to Turkey, Anadolu Agency reported.
Three ships have been kept at Israeli ports since May 31, and on July 23, Israel decided to give back aid ships.
Mavi Marmara, on which Israeli commandos killed eight Turks and an American of Turkish origin, and Defne-Y have set sail from Haifa port together with Turkish tugboats that arrived in Israel earlier in the day to bring them back.
Another ship, Gazze, was kept at Ashdod port and it would begin its journey to Turkey later in the day, officials said.
Journey of ships could last for two days depending on the weather conditions, a Turkish official said earlier, "in case everything goes normal, the ships will be in Turkish port of Iskenderun on August 8."