After it ignored not to head for Gaza, Israeli forces boarded the Rachel Corrie aid ship. According to the military, its troops boarded the ship with full compliance of the crew and passengers in a peaceful operation and there was no use of violence by either parties.
“Our forces boarded the boat and took control without meeting any resistance from the crew or the passengers. Everything took place without violence,” one of the spokeswomen commented and also added that there were no shots fired.
There were 15 people on board, most of them Irish and Malaysian activists. The ship along with its occupants is being escorted into the southern Israeli port of Ashdod. The aid will be transferred to Gaza through land crossings, said the military.
This is a very sensitive time for Israel as it is contending with diplomatic fallout of an earlier raid on flotilla of Gaza bound aid boats, leaving 9 people dead most of which were Turks.
Despite the outcry by international community on this deadly commando incident, Israel has vowed to block all attempts to reach Gaza by Sea in defiance of the tight blockade it has imposed since 2006
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