Aid boat to Gaza intercepted by Israelis. Jewish peace activists attacked.
It was another attempt to break the illegal Israeli blockade of besieged Gaza.
Jewish peace activists were on the boat Irene bringing non-military supplies to Palestinians.
The boat was attacked by Israeli military. Israeli activist and former Israel Air Force pilot Yonatan Shapira described what happened next.
The soldiers were very brutal to us. They didn’t kill us like they kill the other
