Gaza.

Sarah Colborne gives her eyewitness account from the Mavi Marmara after returning from Israel. She corrobaorates the vast majority of other accounts so far. She thinks the figure of 9 dead is too low.  Apart from the details of the attack which are already fairly widely known, her main points seem to be:

• She was on the top deck
• Can’t remember when the shooting began but remembers that after the boat had been taken the Israelis continued to aim laser targets over the heads of activists
• Medical help withheld even though asked for verbally and written on signs
• Medics cuffed and placed on deck after Israelis took critically injured away
• Phones and cameras confiscated
• Made to sit on deck in hot sun
• Men still cuffed on the boat from the morning until late at night
• Hid her memory card from her camera in her shoe but this was taken and not given back - others tried hiding their memory cards but suffered the same fate.
• Saw a lot of “trashing” of personal property
• Some British citizens not given consular access at all
• Basic rights were  ”completely and totally violated”
• Was asked to sign documents before she left saying that she was willing to be deported and that she had been informed of her rights - though she made clear on the document that she had not been informed of her rights. She signed only because she thought she did believed she would not be allowed to leave Israel if she did not sign