Two individuals, N.D., who was educated abroad in the field of information technology, and B.S., a university student in Bursa, have so far defaced 500 Israeli Web sites.
The hackers leave notes in Turkish, German and English on the Web sites they attack, saying: "We are making a small-scale protest just to show you your shameful acts. You are doing to the Palestinian public what Hitler did to you." The Turkish hackers also post the photos of Palestinian children killed by Israeli soldiers on the Web sites.
B.S. and N.D. said they knew their acts were illegal; however, they chose this method because they did not want to remain silent in the wake of Israeli atrocities. "Our goal is to protest what is being done to the innocent people in Gaza and show our reaction. The reason we chose this method was our bid to make our voices louder. The messages we leave on the Web sites we defaced can stay there for five minutes or hours, depending on the Web site's security regulations."
B.S. and N.D. said their actions were not comparable to the brutal attacks carried out by Israel.
"They mercilessly kill infants, children. Ours is only a cyber-war; we do not kill anybody," one of the hackers said. "We will continue attacking Israeli Web sites until Israel stops attacking Gaza."
