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What do you propose that Israel should have done instead?
It was a lose-lose situation, either you let a ship into Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip without inspecting its cargo, or you do what Israel did and board the ship.
The non-innocent civilians' deaths are the result of the fact that no one has even assumed that a bunch of peaceful activists would be packing weapons and lynch the soldiers, that were equipped with paintball guns.
Of course it was a lose/lose situation which is why I feel sorry for Israel.
A violent confrontation played right into Hamas's agenda.
Seeing Turkey would have known about the cargo as so many of its citizens were on board, would it not have made sense to get them on board (and by them = Govt.) and say Israel would allow the cargo through as long as it was searched?