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Tunisia's National Guard spokesman told Mosaique FM radio that reports of a drone attack on the flotilla "have no basis in truth", Reuters reported.

He added that an initial inspection indicated the explosion originated inside the vessel.

In a series of videos published to their Instagram, spokespeople for the flotilla said an "incendiary device" caused a fire onboard the vessel, which the crew was able to extinguish.

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[–] Saleh@feddit.org 35 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

The BBC is omitting a crucial point here. There aren't only videos of spokespeople saying they were attacked. There is multiple videos from different angles, all showing the matching scene of something burning being dropped onto the ship, where it explodes.

It is literally on video and beyond any reasonable doubt, that the ship was attacked by an incendiary device being dropped onto it.

https://aje.io/e4f7v5?update=3934620
https://aje.io/e4f7v5?update=3934641
https://aje.io/e4f7v5?update=3934496
https://aje.io/e4f7v5?update=3934417

The videos are consistent with each other. The videos of the attack itself have matching time-stamps.

Either an update of the Tunisian government hasn't reached the western press yet, or the Tunisian government is doubling down on a lie in order to safe face in the wake of a direct attack on their sovereignty and their failure to identify and prevent the threat.

The picture on the bbc site is a still from the footage as well. You watch the burning object hit the deck, then they placed the image of it on the deck.. so they had to know the object came from above.

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 28 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

It is not Greta Thunberg's flotilla.

I know it's meant to mean the flotilla Greta Thunberg is part of, but I reckon it's worth pointing out.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 12 hours ago

Headlines have fit in limited space, I'm sure the article clarifies that.

(No, I won't open the article, I'll just speculate, thanks.)

[–] az04@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago

A flotilla is a small fleet, are you saying there are several fleets heading to Gaza?

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

well if this lie doesn't work out they can always fall back on "Hamas did that!"

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

Seems legit, better ignore all the evidence that contradicts their statement. Meanwhile, in reality, it was Israel.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The headline is “Greta Thunberg's Gaza flotilla hit by drone, organisers claim”

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

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Thank you. The original title was updated by BBC. Post now reflects the latest title.

[–] Adverse_Reaction@anarchist.nexus 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)