RELATED:'It should have never come to this'IDF probe: Army didn't have ‘Plan B’A wake-up call at seaThe Israeli Navy's takeover of a flotilla of the Mavi Marmara aid ship headed to the Gaza Strip on May 31st left nine activists dead.Aboard the Mavi Marmara, the commandos first responded to the violence with crowd dispersion measures, and after almost an hour of scuffles, during which a number of soldiers were wounded - some of them stabbed or shot - the commandos were given permission to use live fire.At one point, activists succeeded in stealing a handgun from one of the soldiers, leading to an escalation in violence.
Mavi Marmara heads back to Turkey
Ship raided by IDF leaves Haifa port along with two others.
RELATED:'It should have never come to this'IDF probe: Army didn't have ‘Plan B’A wake-up call at seaThe Israeli Navy's takeover of a flotilla of the Mavi Marmara aid ship headed to the Gaza Strip on May 31st left nine activists dead.Aboard the Mavi Marmara, the commandos first responded to the violence with crowd dispersion measures, and after almost an hour of scuffles, during which a number of soldiers were wounded - some of them stabbed or shot - the commandos were given permission to use live fire.At one point, activists succeeded in stealing a handgun from one of the soldiers, leading to an escalation in violence.