Breaking Footage from Mavi Marmara interception - stun grenade
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6sAEYpHF24

IDF Spokesperson 02 June 2010 , 14:53 Elana Kieffer

Video shows what took place as IDF soldiers intercepted the Mavi Marmara
ship and were attacked by its passengers

Video footage shows Shayetet Naval Special Forces attempting to intercept
the Mavi Marmara ship which is part of the Gaza flotilla. Passengers on
board are seen throwing chains, metal pipes and a stun grenade at the
soldiers while attacking them with water hoses. The passengers later use the
same metal pipes to beat the soldiers who boarded the Marmara. The soldiers
can be seen armed with paintball guns, to be used as a means of riot
dispersal.

Five other ships arrived to the area with the flotilla, however IDF
interception took place with no incident. The passengers on board these
other ships cooperated nonviolently with IDF soldiers and there were no
injuries.

In a special meeting of the Israeli Security Cabinet held on Tuesday (June
1), it was disclosed that approximately 40 people on the upper deck of the
ship with no identification wearing bullet proof vests and using weapons
against the IDF soldiers are considered mercenaries of the Al Qaeda terror
organization. During this special meeting it became clear that while the
civillian protestors were sent to the lower deck of the ship, this group of
mercenaries split into organized cells in order to combat the IDF soldiers.
The cabinet places full responsibility for the incident on those who started
the violence which clearly placed the soldiers' lives in danger.