Israeli recon planes circled the ship all morning and waved back and forth to blond-haired American crew, two huge American flags flying, American marking, and the high tech ship like none other on the seas. No way it was mistaken for Egyptian. Then unmarked Israeli fighters attacked for 2 hours with rockets, machines guns, and napalm. Men were getting slaughtered below decks because the hull was like tissue paper to the .50 caliber rounds.