Gaza aid flotilla : Israeli sabotage suspected | World news

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  • Il y a un an, Israël était déjà suspecté d’avoir saboté des bateaux de la première Flottille pour Gaza.

    Gaza aid flotilla : Israeli sabotage suspected | The Guardian
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/01/israel-gaza-flotilla-sabotage-suspected

    Israel gave strong indications today that its forces had secretly sabotaged some of the ships bound for Gaza as part of the freedom flotilla.

    Matan Vilnai, the deputy defence minister, was asked on Israel Radio whether there had not been a smarter alternative to direct assault. He answered that “all possibilities had been considered,” adding: “The fact is that there were less than the 10 ships that were due to participate in the flotilla.”

    The comments appeared to dovetail with reports that two of the vessels malfunctioned at the same time and in the same way. Challenger I and Challenger II, carrying 36 activists, were forced into port in Cyprus on Friday evening when steering systems on both ships broke down on the passage from Heraklion in Crete, a campaign spokeswoman said.