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Istanbul, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina)
The Foundation for Human Rights, Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH), organizer of the aid flotilla attacked by Israel, presented new evidence on Friday that prove that Israeli intelligence services had chosen their targets prior to the assault.
Israeli Attack to Humanitarian Caravan Condenmed
The IHH president, Bülent Yildirim, accused Israel of taking advantage of the attack against the ship to carry out selective killing of members of the international humanitarian aid group bringing food and medicine to Palestinians in blockaded Gaza.
In a press conference, Yildirim showed two photos in which appeared some plastic paper sheets with the names and pictures of activists who should have been supposedly found in the attack and be killed by the Israeli troops.
"All the Israeli soldiers had a list in their hands with the names of the 16 people who needed to be killed; I was the first and Rahid Salah (leader of Islamic Movement in Israel) was the third in that list. They killed two people looking like me and another looking like Salah," noted Yildirim.
The leader also explained that some activists knew Hebrew and could hear Israeli soldiers repeatedly saying through their walkie talkies: "we have killed Rahid Salah."
The names in the list also include IHH member Ahmet Emin Dag; Hylarion Capycci, Israeli mosque catholic bishop; as well as European citizens members of the Free Gaza movement.
There were Israeli pacifists on board the Turkish ship, including an MP who later expelt from Tel Aviv’s Parliament for supporting the aid flotilla.