Israeli PM Netanyahu: Our Soldiers Had To Defend Themselves (VIDEO)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters today that Israeli commandos acted in self-defense during a deadly raid on a group of ships carrying activists and aid to the Gaza Strip.

He maintained that the soldiers were provoked and “mobbed” by people on the largest ship, before the commandos opened fire to “defend themselves.”

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