Utredningen om Mavi Marmara fortsätter

De israeliska utredningarna om vad som gick fel vid bordningen av skeppet Mavi Marmara i slutet av maj går vidare. Israels premiärminister, försvarsminister och överbefälhavare har gett sina vittnesmål.
Överbefälhavare Ashkenazi :
- När den första soldaten hade tagit sig ner till skeppet fanns det ingen återvändo, operationen måste fortsätta.
-Vi visste inte tillräckligt mycket om IHH (den turkiska gruppen som stor för det våldsamma motståndet mot de israeliska soldaterna).
- Om IDF måste utföra liknande operationer i framtiden finns det ingen annan utväg än att ha prickskyttar i beredskap för att skydda våra soldater liv.
- När någon attackerar en soldat med yxa, kommer soldaten att skjuta.
- Överbefälhavare Ashkenazi sade också att den andra soldaten som firades ner till skeppet blev skjuten omedelbart.

Här kan man läsa mer vad överbefälhavaren hade att säga:
'We should've used accurate fire'
IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi told the Turkel Committee on Wednesday that the IDF made a crucial mistake when it did not resort to accurate fire against those blocking entry to the Mavi Marmara Turkish aid ship as IDF Shayetet 13 commandos rappelled onto the ship from helicopters. "The central mistake, including mine, was that we thought there were about 10-15 people on the ship, we will throw flash grenades, they will move away, and then we will be able to drop 15 soldiers in one minute," explained Ashkenazi. "Here was the real error. We should have managed conditions to accumulate power in the quickest way. There was need to fire with accurate weapons and neutralize those who prevented the rappelling down of soldiers, something that would have decreased the the risk of harm to them. That is the central lesson for the next operation."

IDF chief to Gaza flotilla probe: Raid quickly became 'chaotic'
Israel Defense Forces troops were not ready for the violent resistance they met when they boarded a Gaza-bound aid ship and killed nine pro-Palestinian activists, IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said on Wednesday.
The raid quickly became "chaotic," Ashkenazi said, testifying before an internal probe into Israel's deadly raid, and defending the military from politicians' accusations it botched the operation. "After the first soldier went down the rope there was no choice but to continue with the plan."