 Salah was on the "Mavi Marmara", the lead ship in the convoy.On 31 May 2010, the flotilla was intercepted, and the Mavi Marmara was boarded by the Israeli Navy, and activists on the "Mavi Marmara" attacked the Israeli commandos with iron bars cut from the ship's railings.In the subsequent clash, the commandos killed nine activists and injured dozens; activists injured seven Israeli naval commandos.