Ett Reuters-telegram skriver om nya vittnesmål från Mavi Marmara
But the account from Andre Abu Khalil, a cameraman for Al Jazeera TV, echoed other testimony, from both sides, that after an initial landing by a small group of commandos armed with anti-riot weapons was overpowered by activists wielding sticks, a second wave of marines stormed in, killing those in their way. […]
Abu Khalil told Reuters by telephone from the southern Lebanese village of Marjayoun: “There were four Israeli soldiers brought to the lowest deck. They had fracture wounds.” […]
Abu Khalil went on: “Twenty Turkish men formed a human shield to prevent the Israeli soldiers from scaling the ship. They had slingshots, water pipes and sticks.”
“They were banging the pipes on the side of the ship to warn the Israelis not to get closer.”
The standoff lasted about 10 minutes until the Israelis opened fire