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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (10) Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared Scientists find new superbug spreading from India 10:07am EDT Colorado Democrat Bennet escapes anti-incumbent mood 8:30am EDT U.N. warns of second wave of Pakistani flood deaths | Video 10:56am EDT Nasdaq falls 3 percent | Video 11:36am EDT Attractive women overlooked for certain jobs? 09 Aug 2010 Florida AG proposes law against illegal immigrants 11:11am EDT UPDATE 1-Colorado Democrat escapes U.S. anti-incumbent mood 12:39am EDT Cancer cells slurp up fructose, US study finds 02 Aug 2010 Hollywood disdainful of Levi Johnston TV venture 4:07am EDT Analysis: Drought to crimp not cripple Russia recovery 10 Aug 2010 Scientists find new superbug spreading from India 10:07am EDT Cancer cells slurp up fructose, US study finds 02 Aug 2010 Florida AG proposes law against illegal immigrants 11:11am EDT Attractive women overlooked for certain jobs? 09 Aug 2010 Quick brain scan could screen for autism 10 Aug 2010 Yen soars to 15-year high 10:11am EDT Strange and unusual 29 Jul 2010 Setback for BlackBerry in India | Video 8:24am EDT Russia fires cause "brown cloud," may hit Arctic 10 Aug 2010 U.N. warns of second wave of Pakistani flood deaths | Video 10:56am EDT Israel wasn't ready for flotilla resistance: general Digg This Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Related News U.N. panel on Gaza flotilla incident begins work Tue, Aug 10 2010 Libya to fund Gaza homes after Israel approves aid Tue, Aug 10 2010 Israel weighed all options in Gaza boat raid: defense minister Tue, Aug 10 2010 Israel solely responsible for convoy deaths: Turkey Tue, Aug 10 2010 Israeli PM says Turkey ignored flotilla warnings Mon, Aug 9 2010 Related Topics World » Israel's army chief Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi (front) sits before testifying at a state-appointed inquiry into the Israeli naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, in Jerusalem, August 11, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Gali Tibbon/Pool By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM | Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:04am EDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops were not ready for the violent resistance they met when they boarded a Gaza-bound aid ship and killed nine pro-Palestinian activists, the country's top military officer said on Wednesday. Speaking to an inquiry, Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff General Gabi Ashkenazi gave the most detailed explanation so far of what went wrong with the military plan in the May 31 raid, which sparked an international outcry. IDF commandos failed to clear the decks with stun grenades they used, and rappelled from their helicopter straight into a brawl with men wielding iron bars and knives and were even met by gunfire, Ashkenazi said. The raid quickly became "chaotic," he said. "After the first soldier went down the rope there was no choice but to continue with the plan." International condemnation of the raid persuaded Israel to ease its Gaza blockade, which it says is aimed at preventing arms reaching the Hamas-ruled territory but also aggravates the privations of 1.5 million mostly aid-dependant Palestinians. The nine activists killed were Turks. The raid almost ruptured Israel's relations with once-close Muslim ally Turkey. The raid was seen at home as a debacle for Israel in terms of public relations and international image, although most Israelis consider the interception justified in principle. Ashkenazi was the third senior figure to address the inquiry this week after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak appeared before it. The commission offers a closely-managed forum in which Israeli leaders can argue their case and is separate from an independent investigation which opened at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday. CLEAR THE DECKS The operation to stop the ship from reaching the Gaza Strip, under blockade by Israel and Egypt, depended for its success on getting as many commandos on deck as possible in the shortest time, Ashkenazi said. But that did not happen. Accurate suppressing fire from alongside the ship would have cleared the deck of anyone ready to violently resist the boarding, the general said. This was "a lesson we have learned." The first commandos were armed with paintball guns and holstered sidearms in anticipation of only light resistance. The second soldier down the rope was shot in the stomach, he said. Asked about Turkey's claim that activists were shot dead from close range, Ashkenazi said much of the fighting happened in close quarters. He told how a soldier shot one Turkish man about to swing an axe at him. Ashkenazi also showed previously unpublished video of the raid which included images of three wounded Israeli commandos dragged to a lower deck and held by activists. Israeli leaders insist Israel was legally within its rights to stop a deliberately provocative bid to break its naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. The investigating panel has so far heard mostly pre-scripted statements. Cameras are turned off and reporters excluded for a closed-door question session. It is not the sort of public grilling familiar to viewers of televised U.S. Congressional hearings. Israeli media have treated the inquiry with skepticism, focusing predominantly on what they see as buck-passing and finger-pointing in the top ranks of the leadership. Netanyahu, Barak and Ashkenazi conceded that intelligence was imperfect. Ashkenazi said "we didn't know enough" about the Turkish activist group whose members were on deck. (Additional reporting by Dan Williams; Writing by Douglas Hamilton; Editing by Janet Lawrence) World Comments See All Comments (10) | Post Comment Aug 11, 2010 8:14am EDT IDF only came prepared to kill the activists, of course! Classic IDF tactic”! ‘Kill them first, then arrest the deceased and after which, bring them in for in-terro-gation. Banned Report As Abusive Aug 11, 2010 8:21am EDT “…ended up killing nine pro-Palestinian activists.”! No, correction …nine defenseless foreign nationals, Turkish and American! I guess only when it comes to Israel is an American life insignificant, truly in-valuable! So much for no man left behind, excellent reason to change the 14th Amendment! Banned Report As Abusive Aug 11, 2010 8:39am EDT “International condemnation of the raid persuaded Israel to ease restrictions of its Gaza blockade …” “…which is aimed at preventing arms reaching the territory but also aggravates the privations of 1.5 million mostly aid-dependant Palestinians.” Why does the press always find it necessary to defend State repression and tyranny of occupied people? Do you also explain the rational and motivation for which suicide bombers carry out their devastating and detrimental actions? These explanations justifying Israeli demonic actions are gross cruelty on the part of the Press, and a second indignation of these repressed and displaced innocent people. Please let’s stop making excuses for inexcusable state sponsored behavior. Otherwise, shouldn’t we also make excuses for the Nazis, I’m sure they could come up with very dark rationale for the evil besieged upon the lives of innocent European civilians that happened to be Jews! “The nine activists who were killed were all Turks …”. One of the activists killed was an AMERICAN, A FULL U.S CITIZEN. Disposable only because he happen to be born of Muslim origin! Banned Report As Abusive Aug 11, 2010 9:12am EDT Israel attacked a ship in international water and they expect no resistance? If it was not a planned attack by Israel, why was it carried out at nighttime? If Israel had nothing to hide, why not conduct the operation in daytime and why jammed all communication links? Castlecrag Report As Abusive Aug 11, 2010 9:13am EDT Israel should treat every life like she treats one of her own! ‘Of course, this is wishful thinking,’ …but this could be a truly thoughtful experiment to the psyche of a Nation without a commendable moral structure or ‘compass’. …At least, not from the view point of her detractors. Maybe, then, Israelis will grasp the reality regarding why much of the world outside the spellbind U.S public regard her as a renegade and illegitimate nation. So far, not so much as an iota of apology for the innocent lives lost. …Only stubborn, self aggrandized and guilt-filled arguments to justify deadly actions taken and Israeli positions. NOT AN IOTA, THE TINIEST SHRED, OF APOLOGY FOR THE UNFORTUNATE LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE. This screams everything about Israel and how she views the rest of the world that anyone needs to know. Just say we are sorry, we had good reason for keeping these flotillas from reaching the Gaza coastline, but we are very sad and deeply regret the loss of activist lives. Anytime there is a loss of human life during our security and defense operations are profoundly regrettable, we take it very personal and deeply regret any contributing actions and we will continue to engage in tangible measures to prevent such and any loses in the future.” Simple display of your humanity will go a long way to make people understand. Not this stubborn, screw y’all, what are you going to do about it attitude. Trust me; the attitude is why much of Europe turned blind eye during the holocaust, until when it was a little too late. It is why the world may just turn the blind eye once again. Wake up, Israelis! Banned Report As Abusive Aug 11, 2010 9:35am EDT Finally! We can hear both sides of the story. This makes it very clear the Israelis were totally set up by the people on the ships. The people on the ships were ready to kill, and the Israeli’s were only ready for crowd control carrying only paint ball guns that are not even lethal. Thanks Reuters for publishing, so we can see the whole story. It jives with the videos of the attacks on the soldiers when they boarded the ships violating their blockade. Thank God we don’t have Canada firing thousands of rockets at NYC each year. That is what Gaza is doing to Israel. We need peace in the Middle East! BR7 Report As Abusive Aug 11, 2010 10:15am EDT Since when do “peaceful activists” arm themselves and use iron pipes, knives, and axes with the goal of breaking a nations blockade or achieving martyrdom? They got the martyrdom they wished for and they got great PR for their cause. But they also put the genuine peace activists on the ship in great danger. Edwardx Report As Abusive Aug 11, 2010 10:28am EDT Edwardx wrote “Since when do ‘peaceful activists’ arm themselves and use iron pipes, knives, and axes with the goal of breaking a nations blockade or achieving martyrdom?” Since IDF regarded attacking Peaceful Activists with heavy armor and live ammunition. Oops, sorry, forgot that this is IDF’s engraved stone cold policy since her established. Oh, and we only have the IDF’s version of records. If IDF was so confident that they did no wrong, why confiscate all electronic media seized from the flotilla, why not release them to their rightful owners and the world. Mate, Israel is never on the right, and they will never be on the right. There is always a contrived motivation for all her actions, good or bad. Best yet; just don’t recognize her to the point where you succumb to her dark influences. Banned Report As Abusive Aug 11, 2010 10:36am EDT isnt it strange that no matter how much you post, banned, it still doesnt become the truth? that ship didnt contain peaceful activists. it didnt contain humanitarians and it didnt contain people seeking peace. anyone with the best of gaza in mind would have shipped the humanitarian aid through the official channels so that it would actually get to the poor civilians in gaza. instead they sought confrontation and violence. israel is in this case only rightfully protecting its civilian population as any other nation would. breaking a blockage and supporting extremists random blowing up innocent civilians triggers a confrontation- one that isnt needed if the activists had the best intentions and peace at mind. ben-noon Report As Abusive See All Comments (10) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. 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