Here's a view from the passenger's side:
To summarize:
- Captain of the ship tried to avoid confrontation with Israeli forces and tried to stear away.
- Israeli Helicopter started firing rubber coated bullets, sound grenades and tear gas at ship
- 5 minutes later, live rounds were fired into crowd from helicopter indiscriminately.
- 2 people shot dead with bullet wounds at the top of their head
- passengers ripped parts of the ship apart and started beating soldiers when they boarded ship
- fighting intensified when 3 israeli soldiers were taken hostage
- Captain ordered the soldiers to be freed in order to end confrontation peacefully
- All passengers were arrested, treated poorly (not allowed to take bathroom breaks for several hours and beaten) and asked to sign declaration that they entered Israel illegally
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