Haaretz
Report: 10 dead after Israel navy fires on Gaza aid flotilla that refused to turn back
Israel Navy troops opened fire on pro-Palestinian activists aboard a six-ship aid flotilla sailing for the Gaza Strip, killing at least 10 and wounding several others after the convoy ignored orders to turn back, Turkey’s NTV reported early Monday.
NTV said between 10 and 15 people were killed, with over 60 wounded.
The IDF also confirmed that two navy commandos had been wounded in fight, which apparently broke out after activists tried to sieze their weapons.
Earlier Monday, Al Jazeera reported that the Gaza aid flotilla had changed course to avoid a confrontation with Israeli warships.
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Just like Lodge himself.
Shy Guy on May 31, 2010 at 9:44 AM
Unfortunately for you reality is a feature, not a bug. Don’t let facts get in the way of your narrative.
Yoop on May 31, 2010 at 9:46 AM
Wow. This is all ya need to know to formulate an opinion on this incident.
Disgusting.
tru2tx on May 31, 2010 at 9:50 AM
Seems to me Israeli commandos showed great respect for their religion. They wanted martyrdom so they got it.
aikidoka on May 31, 2010 at 10:00 AM
Violent armed terrorists as ‘Peace Activists”?
It appears that just one of the boats contained the worst terrorists, according to the IDF.
The other boats were just full of your plain-vanilla psychotic Islamic Jewhaters.
TexasJew on May 31, 2010 at 10:04 AM
Video: ‘Beating the hell out of Israeli commandos’
Most important is who described it as such.
Shy Guy on May 31, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Proving that we were right all these years saying that these come by the boatload.
Shy Guy on May 31, 2010 at 10:06 AM
lodge on May 31, 2010 at 9:31 AM
It must be tough, going through life without a brain.
TexasJew on May 31, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Ya know, Isreal is missing one great opportuntiy here to make a point. It should arrest all of the people on these boats, inspect the cargo, and after removing anything that has a military application, send the cargo AND the people onboard the vessels on into Gaza, and then refuse to ever let them leave again.
MikeA on May 31, 2010 at 10:18 AM
MikeA on May 31, 2010 at 10:18 AM
Even food and so on is providing aid to the terrorists though. These ‘people’ involved in this matter, including MP from several European countries, involved themselves in an act of war. May have been said on the previous page, but I sure hope Israel got video of this whole FUBAR operation.
bikermailman on May 31, 2010 at 10:28 AM
Way to read the story, genius.
BadgerHawk on May 31, 2010 at 10:34 AM
You must have tested off the charts on reading comprehension.
BadgerHawk on May 31, 2010 at 10:39 AM
Poor tactic by Israel.
Scuttle the boats below the waterline and throw life preservers to anyone who flees the sinking ships.
Getting in among armed loons guarantees trouble.
And PR nightmare.
profitsbeard on May 31, 2010 at 10:40 AM
That’s easy for you to say now, Beard. Put yourself in the shoes of the IDF honchos that have to make that decision. They have no idea, ultimately, who or what is on those boats — only that they are not authorized to be there, and they are Palestinian sympathizers.
Error? I dunno, but if so, sounds like an error on the side of good judgement to me.
gryphon202 on May 31, 2010 at 10:47 AM
They were hoping to die? Riiiiight.
lodge on May 31, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Not authorised to be where? In international waters?
I wonder if the US will be as quick to condemn this massacre as they were to condemn the massacre of the South Koreans the other week
lodge on May 31, 2010 at 11:09 AM
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