20 killed as Israel attacks Gaza aid fleet

This despicable act must not go untold.

Thanks to Gazafriends

Under darkness of night, Israeli commandoes boarded the Turkish passenger ship, Mavi Marmara, and began to shoot. According to the live video from the ship, two have been killed, and 31 injured. Al Jazeera has just confirmed the numbers. Israel says they are taking over the boats.

Streaming video shows the Israeli soldiers shooting at civilians, and our last SPOT beacon said, "HELP, we are being contacted by the Israelis."

The coalition of Free Gaza Movement (FG), European Campaign to End the Siege of Gaza (ECESG), Insani Yardim Vakfi (IHH), the Perdana Global Peace Organisation , Ship to Gaza Greece, Ship to Gaza Sweden, and the International Committee to Lift the Siege on Gaza appeal to the international community to demand that Israel stop their brutal attack on civilians delivering vitally needed aid to the imprisoned Palestinians of Gaza and permit the ships to continue on their way.

The attack has happened in international waters, 75 miles off the coast of Israel, in direct violation of international law.


Israel Seizes Vessel

Naval ships move in on a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, reportedly killing three people, protest organizers and Arab media report.

The last we heard, Israeli soldiers landed on the top deck of the Turkish boat and opened fire," said Adam Shapiro, husband of one of the flotilla leaders. He said he spoke with his wife by telephone around 8:30 p.m. and she described watching the Israeli seizure from her boat.

"After that, we lost communication with all of the ships," Shapiro said. "She said her boat was being chased by Israeli ships and they were trying to outrun it."

According to one unconfirmed report, the other protest vessels had been intercepted and were being led to Israel.

Some of the injured reportedly have been evacuated to a hospital in Haifa.

Flotilla organizers, Arab leaders and Turkish diplomats have already condemned the reported attack. Flotilla organizers say they were carrying first-aid supplies and medical professionals in the event of casualties, but according to Shapiro, "we thought that the possibility that Israeli soldiers would shoot" was a remote one.

Flotilla organizers said they carried no weapons.

The six-vessel flotilla, packed with hundreds of international activists, food and other humanitarian supplies, left Cyprus on Sunday night and was attempting to break Israel's long-standing blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Israel had vowed to intercept the boats, by force if necessary, and tow them to the Israeli port of Ashdod, where passengers would be arrested or deported. Israel says the blockade of Gaza, which is controlled by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, is needed to combat terrorism.

A live video feed from the Turkish boat showed images of Israeli soldiers boarding the vessel and firing some sort of weapons, though it was unclear whether the weapons were live rounds or less-lethal devices, such as stun grenades. The feed was abruptly cut.

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[MAXAREUOS]

"Peace Flotilla" my ass

[JRMCNEA]

@CarinaRosenberg oh only 9? then I guess thats STILL NOT OK!

[CarinaRosenberg]

It died only 9 people and not 19! This is typical propaganda! And I was there live in a helicopter! but lies in the Palis have always been good!

[sultanabdulhamidhan]

@z11one .hahaha.israeile elite comandos were crying like babies .lol.we were just standing .if you see our comandos .you will run off the moon lol

[MedaiKurd]

Turks are the center of Evil. It is a commendanment to destroy them. Look for 2 tausend years the kurds and armenian lives in peace in Anatolia but when the mongolian turks arrived it becoma like a hell. They are occupiying Kurdistan and bothering Israeli when they oppress the basic kurdish right. What about if the turks go back to turmenistan or azerbeijan. No body need those stupid who copy european and can be european because an animal society is incompatible with human society.

[calebman114]

Bull. All Bull. Just the media trying to Bash Israel again.......

[alkanomerrrr]

I can understand your position.

You can talk pretty easily

But if you are from States I can easily say that you are really killer, and you did kill 60 million Indian.

Of course I can because it is proved. There are too many evidences to support it.

But in that situation, there is no evidence at all shows the Genocide. You can talk

but dont need to shout anyway.

[alkanomerrrr]

Turk- Armenian were not the bloody enemies, but also the brothers in different religions before 19th century. Before the Russian Touch.

Ottoman Sultans were saying `the most precious, respectful nation Armenians`

I am also living in Istanbul, and I have a lot of Armenian friends which say the Armenians were fooled by Russians.

1.5 Armenians killed in the name of Genocide, you are saying. But the evidences are not quite like this. And the killer was not the Ottoman Empire. It is called Civil War

[alkanomerrrr]

As a Turk, I can say that the Government of Turkey - not Ottoman Empire- always have shown the face of cruelty to Kurds. After 90s, however, different governments have seen the problem. In Turkey, nowadays, Governments are trying to fix something in the land of Kurds- actually you may not know that the lands are not Kurds` only but Turks, Armenians,Suryanis etc.. Also Kurds are not majority in these lands-

[alkanomerrrr]

Lets pass guys to remind Turk- Kurd or Turk-Armenian debates.

These are issues that should be shown close attention to understand.

now you are saying in 1. World War Ottoman killed 1.5 million Armenian and bla bla thousands Kurd people.

Firstly, I must say Kurd deaths are completely lie. Yes Kurd people were killed but not in the name of genocide. It was a Civil War. Turks and Kurds were always the same in the reign of Ottoman Empire.