"– we didn't expect this. Everyone wanted to kill us. We encountered terrorists who wanted to kill us..." These were no peace-loving, humanitarian people who came to save the poor Gazans. These were terrorists who wanted to kill Jews. Poor R, you were mislead by your ill-informed commanders. Get well quick.

May hashem give you the strength you need to recover...and thanks you.

God Bless You and All Tzahal.

of self-defence against pirates who were trying to enter their ship...

I am happy to read that the wounded soldiers' condition is improving. I wish them all the best !

g-d bless you for your courage and determination u did what u have to end.

You acted with great courage and dignity, may we wish you and the rest of the injured a complete and speedy recovery. To the devious terrorists who pretended to be peace lovers on a mission of mercy, may you join the rest of your kind and rot in hell.

Thank goodness for the IDF. Wishing the heroes a full and speedy recovery.

excellently? purity of arms? applied everything we learned? what utter and total nonsense!! anyone who has seen the videos of IDF soldiers being clubbed by metal pipes will see that these boys walked into a trap, were totally unprepared, did not know how to react with force, had no fallback plan, and ended up beaten like ragdolls and humiliated. Their naval chief shojuld be demoted or fired! What a bungled operation! And enough of this "we are the most humane army in the world" p.r. -- are you out to win, or just look cute in uniform?

throwing an innocent Israeli commandos from the deck of a ship full of humanitarian activists that he tried to raid in the middle of international waters is a crime to humanity and and antisemitism in its worst forms. Those evil people had no right to defend them selves from the heavenly arms of the Israeli commandos.

Kol HaKavod LeTzahal!

There are many here in the USA who are keeping Israel in our thoughts and stand behind you even though it appears our government does not. Please be safe.

we wish you a speedy recovery!

To R and all the other Israeli soldiers who took part in this operation. We love you, we are proud of you and we appreciate your efforts to use the least amount of force in a situation that was very difficult and in which you were outnumbered 20 - 1 or worse, and facing raw physical violence. KOL HAKAVOD11

to you and your fellow Israeli solidiers. You are the best and we will support you and Israel always. You stopped the SHIT TO GAZA!

Why you attacked them in the first place Mr Somali pirate/Jewish terrorist? You have no right to be on their ship. Israel, again, setting a precedent for other countries to start attacking and kidnapping ships and people from international waters.

Hey native of Palestine/Jordan ,who were the pirates and who the self defenders ,care to elaborate before you return to Jordan your ancestral homeland ?

and so Thankful to The Almighty for protected your lives. AM ISRAEL HAI!!!

R is a LIAR

All you Israeli soldiers will be joining me soon Mwaahahahah

What a show, hospital and all!!!! And what a bunch of clowns you Israelis have become. Only you can believe the trash you publish, while the entire world laughs at you, bunch of idiots.

Being in "international waters" is no protection for those who have set a course and announced their intention to run a naval blockade. http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Law/Legal+Issues+and+Rulings/Gaza_flotilla_maritime_blockade_Gaza-Legal_background_31-May-2010.htm

"The San Remo memorandum states, specifically 67A, that if you have a boat that is charging a blockaded area you are allowed to intercept even prior to it reaching the blockaded area if you've warned them in advance, and that we did a number of times and they had a stated goal which they openly expressed, of breaking the blockade." Other than that, baruch hashem none of the soldiers were KIA and congrats to their bravery. My only regret is that there weren't more terrorists eliminated.

TO MA, Stop playing little Miss Innocent. You very well know that Israel doesn't "attack innocent ships, as pirates, blah blah blah". These "peace activists" aka terrorists, were trying to (they said it themselves) run a military blockade, put in place for very good reason, and were illegally entering a war zone. They were warned many times to stop, and let their goods be checked. They refused. The commandos (15 in all), came aboard, not to attack them, but if you watch the video clip on youtube, you will see that even as the very first commando landed on the boat, he was surrounded and clubbed, as were the commandos who dropped down after him. It is easy to see on the video that each of them was surrounded and attacked by tens of pro-hamas militants. If someone comes at me with knife drawn, believe me I will shoot him too. It's rediculous what you write that the soldiers came on the boat and attacked the people. Please view this video and you'll understand what happened. The last thing you can ascribe to Israel is "piracy". What a joke. I couldn't care less if you feel differently, but I would rather Turkish pro-Hamas knife and club welding loonies get killed or injured than our precious soldiers. Each to his own.

Guys, I'm an Arab and consequentially a left winger but this has nothing to do with being a left winger or a right winger! It's all about fact. And the fact, as the evidence presented shows, is that these soldiers were practically lynched up there on the deck which forced them to use deadly force against those lynchers. Full stop. And something to think about: what are, so-called, peace activists doing with so many friggin weapons on board the ship anyway? Why would they have them there if they didn't premeditate this attack on the soldiers? These images are just brutally inhumane. I just wish they would show THESE images at the UN conferences instead of just always blaming everything on the IDF.