Yeah, OK... Still, even if they weren't the first to attack, the Israeli army had just boarded the ship (by helicopter, at that), so it seems like the options for the people on the ship were either immediate surrender, or a fight; it might have been nice for the Israelis to try some negotiation first... (Or maybe there was reason to believe that that wouldn't get them anywhere, I don't know--but still, regardless of who actually attacked first on board the ship, it does seem like the Israelis were probably the ones primarily responsible for the situation escalating to violence as quickly as it did... Or am I missing other important details?)