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Wed 12 Dec 2008Navy attacks activist vessel carrying doctors to Strip
AT 05.15 yesterday morning the SS Dignity, an 18m yacht carrying three doctors, three tonnes of medical aid and peace activists from Cyprus to embattled Gaza, was in international waters about 90 nautical miles from the Gaza coast when an Israeli warship attacked.
Speaking from Lebanon, Irish national Caoimhe Butterly said the Israeli naval vessels had been tailing the Dignity for some time when one, without lights, rammed the yacht three times, damaging the hull on the port side and smashing the wheelhouse.
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