A Palestinian fishing vessel, minding its own business, was viciously attacked by the IDF. And strangely, it exploded.
A Palestinian fishing boat from Gaza, floating illegally near the Israeli coast, exploded Monday morning when hit with IDF artillery.
IDF sources estimated that the booby-trapped boat was activated by remote control and meant to explode near an Israeli Navy vessel or a coastal community.
A naval patrol followed the boat for about an hour and spotted no people on board. As it was several hundred meters off the Gaza shore and heading north the boat exploded.
This would be one of those innocent Palestinian fishing vessels that the ISM and its ilk claim that Israel attacks for no reason.
IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi said that the boat was loaded with a large amount of explosives.
Oops, looks like there was a reason.
The AP story, of course, can’t seem to find names for the Israeli spokespeople.
An army spokesman said the nearest Israeli vessel was “a safe distance” from the Palestinian boat when it blew up about 300 yards (meters) off the northern Gaza shore near the border with Israel.
Good old AP.
It might have been an innocent fishing boat.
Really.
With really stupid fishermen.
:-)