Israeli forces storm Gaza aid ships

Israeli sailors at the naval base in Haifa prepare to set sail to track and intercept the Free Gaza Movement flotilla Photograph: IDF Spokesman's Office/EPA Photograph: IDF Spokesman's Office/guardian.co.uk Activists wearing life jackets pray on board the Mavi Marmara ship, part of the peace flotilla Photograph: Erhan Sevenler/EPA Photograph: Erhan Sevenler/guardian.co.uk Pro-Palestinian activists from Turkey hold a news conference on board the Mavi Marmara as they sail in international waters Photograph: Erhan Sevenler/Reuters Photograph: Erhan Sevenler/guardian.co.uk Hamas naval policemen holding Palestinian flags patrol the sea off the coast of Gaza City in preparation for the arrival of the flotilla Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Mahmud Hams/guardian.co.uk An Israeli warship sets sail to stop a flotilla of activists attempting to deliver aid to Gaza Photograph: Getty Images Photograph: guardian.co.uk A video image released by the Turkish aid group IHH purportedly show Israeli soldiers aboard a military vessel in international waters off the Gaza coast Photograph: IHH via APTN/AP Photograph: IHH via APTN/guardian.co.uk On board one of the aid ships Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press/guardian.co.uk Footage released by the DHA news agency shows an Israeli commando landing on a Gaza-bound ship Photograph: Reuters TV Photograph: Reuters TV/guardian.co.uk The view from aboard an Israeli naval vessel Photograph: Uriel Sinai/AP Photograph: Uriel Sinai/guardian.co.uk Israeli forces prepare to disembark a missile ship Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images Photograph: Uriel Sinai/guardian.co.uk A video image purportedly showing an injured passenger on a Turkish ship in international waters off Gaza Photograph: IHH via APTN/AP Photograph: IHH via APTN/guardian.co.uk Israeli forces raid one of the aid ships Photograph: Uriel Sinai/EPA Photograph: Uriel Sinai/guardian.co.uk A pro-Palestinian activist is evacuated to a hospital in the northern Israeli city of Haifa Photograph: Alex Rozkovsky /Reuters Photograph: Alex Rozkovsky /guardian.co.uk An Israeli army military vessel enters the southern naval port of Ashdod Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Jack Guez/guardian.co.uk Israeli soldiers evacuate an injured comrade to a hospital in the northern city of Haifa Photograph: Alex Rozkovsky /Reuters Photograph: Alex Rozkovsky /guardian.co.uk Israeli army personnel unload casualties from a military helicopter on to stretchers as they arrive at a hospital in Tel Aviv Photograph: Roni Schutzer/EPA Photograph: Roni Schutzer/guardian.co.uk Israeli military boats approach the southern port of Ashdod Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Menahem Kahana/guardian.co.uk