We've established that OTH would in fact cooperate fully and not attack. Got it.
Again, the raid itself is not the issue here, just what the raided people want. They wanted to be attacked, and ideally some killed. That as the goal of the Islamists.
That's why the raid was in fact so stupid as executed. They should have waited until the ships were closer ashore, for one. They should have been aware that the real point was to lure Israel to harm them and done everything to avoid that result. IMO, I'd have let them enter territorial waters, then forced them to stop or be disabled, then disable the ship in the least violent way possible (ramming with a small craft so the vessel took on water?)
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