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Originally Posted by Arya Stark
So why were they attacked then? Most of the survivors say they had waived at the Israeli planes before the attack. Watch the survivors talking about the incident. They all believe Israel deliberately attacked the U.S Navy ship.
Tell me why you think that is and what reason Israel would have to kill American citizens.
Here are the stories of the survivors. How anyone can defend this is beyond me. Truly despicable.
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Planes travel really fast and high up. You're saying there's no chance the pilots missed the waiving civilians.
And yes the planes did deliberately attack the ship. They just thought it was an Egyptian ship. The Egyptian navy was known for trying to disguise their ships as Western ships.
Friendly fire incidents happen all the time. And yes it sucks for the victims and many of them must feel like they were purposely attacked.
And its not "all of the survivors" who claim the Israeli's attacked Americans intentionally. It's a few of them, as most people involved just state how confusing the incident was.
The majority of the Americans didn't die in the initial plane attack either. They died in a subsequent torpedo attack. An attack that occurred after American troops accidentally fired on Israeli torpedo boats.