Lubna Masarwa, Survivor of the Mavi Marmara Massacre Like Others Aboard Speaks…

Local Editor

Palestinian, Lubna Masarwa was the Free Gaza Movement representative aboard the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara which was carrying a cargo of humanitarian and construction aid as well as letters from Turkish children to the children of illegally besieged Gaza when it was murderously attacked in international waters on May 31st 2010.

According to the Electronic Intifida, Lubna witnessed the many crimes of the "Israeli" military aboard that night: Blood was pouring from the bodies of the dead and the injured. We wanted to help them, but we had no medical equipment to treat them. There was nothing we could do.

One Turkish woman was crying and saying goodbye to the body of her dead husband, petting his face and reading the Quran over him. Another man had a bullet wound in his head and was dying. They (the "Israeli" commandos) were standing around us with the blood of their victims on their boots, joking and making lewd "sexual suggestions" to each other about the female prisoners.

Lubna is currently under house arrest in Kfor Qara, Palestine and is barred from leaving the country for 45 days.