These shells were fired to "deter a Palestinian fishing vessel that had strayed off-limits"? The military explanation for their latest civilian victims lacks all credibility. Just how far off-limits was this Palestinian fishing vessel that Israeli shells fired to deter it would end up striking land? It sure sounds like someone with an itchy trigger finger is just making convenient excuses to justify the continued terrorizing of Gaza's civilian population.

Its just amazing how convincing these soldiers are!! The stupidist excuse is believed by their superiors, and they just go unpunished. the next time a vessel sails this far, don't forget to cast a full shelling of the houses on the shores of Gaza..Just Incase!!

You can't deny that Hamas wants to perform genocide on the Jews, they write it in the their constitution. You can't deny that Hamas attacked Israeli civilians with rockets, they proudly admit it at every chance. You can't deny that Hamas is conditioning their population for war, just watch Hamas television. So what do you suggest the Jews do? Just die? Or emigrate to Holland where a member of parliament called to gas the Jews? Or emigrate to France where the Jew Ilan Halimi was tortured to death?

how is what you say possibly relevant to this topic?

That girl wasn't threatening you or anyone else. 2 wrongs don't make anything right. Where does it also say that, that vessel was intending to terrorise the nation of Zion? did they search them? don't tell me now they couldnt have done that.. israel even search vessels in international water. they search every single person on land.. but let me give you my guess.. Its far more easier to shoot, then perform a time consuming search, or better yet warn them by speakers.. Israeli, its obvious the nation is thirsty for blood

what the hell are you talking about. there is no quick call up in the archive of israeli template excuses for attacks here. yet another desperate attempt to tar critics as anti-semites. its sad.

Or became a drop-out in the first semester. Typical of the Israeli press, this article raises far more questions than it answers. In fact, the basic background and context are not set.

Its highly relevant because the above posters 1. and 2. make remarks as if we hadn't just been in a war where thousands of shells were fired at us then and during the 8 years leading up to it... All my Tel Avivi brother is doing here is setting the record straight. You don't like that then go to a different web site.

You lack the sense of basic conversation..Ynet was not created soley for the people that reside on your camp. like i said 2 wrongs dont make a right

to make Israel shoot at innocent civilians. If the vessel is approaching our ship, we will shoot it. Could the vessel be occupied by innocent folks? Maybe, but then it probably would obey the orders and stay away from Israel's troops. Especially if you actually fear losing your life. Approach us, and since you have conditioned us this way for so long, we'll never know if you are nice or a terrorist and we are not going to risk our lives to find out. Stay away, stay alive. come closer and you die. don't want innocent folks to die? Protect the innocent by not pushing us to retaliate. Unfortunately, because of extreme Islam, the entire region and the rest world is shoved into a lose lose situation.

Even though the Gaza conflict had ended already, my advise is not to go near Israel border yet.It's very dangerous.And don't even look at the ruins of the place.I think Palestinians are nosy people,after bombing,they came out of their holes and looked at the damage of the place that IDF had just bombed.

OK, shoot the civiilian fishing boat if you want (need blood - eh ?), but I thought the article was about the shooting of unrelated people on land (not a boat). Are you stupid ? Or just blinded by idiocy ? Also - is this not a violation of the cease-fire ?

I am really surprised that my earlier post did not receive the usual vitriolic response that I would expect on his web site. I guess this event must be a problem for even the most ardent apologists ! The other possibility is that the posters on this site just don't care about the suffering of civilians. Do you think that could be possible ? Thank goodness for religion !