Journalist testimony from on board the Mavi Marmara
Above, Hassan Ghani give Press TV his account of the attack on the Mavi Marmara. He makes a point of stating that the Israelis began their attack during the fajr prayer - the Muslim dawn prayer. This explains why so many people were actually awake at that time in the morning and able to repel the Israeli attack.
The Israelis started shooting plastic bullets and dropping stun grenades upon the ship from helicopters before soldiers boarded the ships.
- Soldiers appeared to initially target the cameras broadcasting footage from the ship
- They were disarmed and escorted to a room “for their own safety” - this tallies with the testimony of German activist and politician Norman Paech
- A man shot in the head not in the panic of a lynching but as a result of a soldier being able to stop, take time to aim and shoot
- Other people shot in the legs, arms and chest
- After the 2nd or 3rd fatality, the white flag was raised but live fire continued
- Ghani shot footage of the attack but this has been confiscated by Israel (plenty of activists tell this same story).
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