Reuters is coming under fire for cropping photographs to remove pictures of “peace activists” carrying knives and photos of wounded, bloodied Israeli commandos on the Mavi Marmara as it attempted to violate Israel’s blockade of Gaza. The Israel Defense Force five other vessels in the flotilla without incident on May 31. But on the Mavi Marmara, IDF commandos were disarmed, fired on and attacked with knives, metal bars and chairs. One soldier was thrown off a deck to a lower one 30 feet below. Nine activists were killed in clashes with Israeli troops on the vessel.

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