Israeli findings on Gaza flotilla raid a ‘PR exercise’

AN Irish activist caught up in the Israeli raid on a flotilla of aid ships to Gaza last year yesterday slammed an Israeli report into the attack as a “PR exercise”.

Dr Fintan Lane was one of three Irish people wrestled from vessels by Israeli commandos as a peace flotilla attempted to land with cargo in Gaza on May 31 last. Nine Turkish activists on the Turkish-owned Mavi Marmara were shot dead in the raid.

A UN report last year said the navy had shown an “unacceptable level of brutality”.