BBC Reports 'Medical Aid' Cargo as Fact

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Israel stopped 2 activist vessels intent on reaching Gaza and breaching the blockade, and had them dock in the Israeli port of Ashdod.
If you read the AP report on it we are told:

The Israeli military issued a short video clip showing a naval official calling on the ships to turn around. "The Gaza area and coastal region are closed to maritime traffic as part of a blockade imposed for security purposes," the unidentified officer said.
"Your attempt to enter the Gaza Strip by sea is a violation of international law. We remind you that humanitarian supplies can be delivered to the Gaza Strip by land, and you are welcome to enter Ashdod port and deliver supplies through land crossings."
When asked what the boats were carrying, an activist replies "we have no cargo."
A statement from the activists later said the boats were carrying medicine and supplies for Gaza.

So why should these activists deny they are carrying cargo when questioned by Israel if they really have medical aid? Surely it would have helped their propaganda to have made that known from the outset. Later, they can claim they are carrying whatever they like, be it medical aid or poppies.

Question is, why does the BBC report it as fact, that they were carrying medical aid? Not even putting this assertion into quotation marks, or attributing a source for this statement. Notice that they do for this inclusion that I underlined - "The activists refused to co-operate," AFP quoted the navy as saying.

I've put a picture of the article just in case the BBC attempt to stealth edit it

[Teddy Bear]

It's amazing that all these pro-Palestinian activists who feel so strongly that they need to do everything they can to counter the measures of 'the evil State of Israel', even by purposefully confronting its navy, and trying to break a blockade imposed by it.

Funny how they don't go against the regimes of Syria, or Iran, Nigeria, China, and many other places in the world, to bring assistance to the 'persecuted' in those lands.

Even yesterday the Israel navy reported

'No humanitarian aid found onboard Gaza flotilla'
Navy forces tow Irish-Canadian flotilla ships to Ashdod Port after successful take over, say no weapons or humanitarian aid found. Immigration Authority holds hearing for 4 out of 27 Pro-Palestinian activists to be deported out of Israel

Apparently, According to the organizers, the ships carry $30,000 worth of medical equipment for the people of Gaza.
But none was found.

Haven't seen any update or correction to the BBC article we linked to above.

Complete distortion!