 In the midst of the war, on June 8, 1967, Israel attacked the USS Liberty, an unarmed American naval ship in international waters flying the American flag. It was a coordinated attack from the air and sea. The Liberty was identified by Israeli pilots as being American. There is no doubt about this. This was not mistaken identity. There are recordings. Despite clearly identifying the ship as American, by reading out the ship's whole number and seeing the American flag, Israeli pilots fired at the ship from above, and Israeli missile boats fired torpedoes from below. 34 American sailors were killed, another 174 injured. The American government tried to cover this up. They tried to hide this event from the press and the American public. Why are their greatest ally in the Middle East intentionally and callously attacked them? The most likely reason is that the USS Liberty was a spy ship. And as a spy ship, it was listening in on Israel's war plans. Israel didn't like that. So they tried to massacre everyone on the ship.