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Video: Damaged Gaza aid boat docks in southern Lebanon Mohammed Vall, Al Jazeera, Dec 30, 2008
A boat carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza has arrived in Lebanon after being turned back by the Israeli navy. The Dignity set off from Cyprus on Monday carrying three tons of emergency and medical supplies for the besieged citizens of the Gaza Strip. Human rights workers on board say it was rammed by an Israeli ship but the Israeli navy says it was an accident. Mohammed Vall reports.
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