Italy condemns ‘attack’ on Gaza aid flotilla and deploys frigate

The Italian Defense Minister condemned the Israel that he said that he said that there was a drone attack overnight by unidentified perpetrators on a fleet trying to violate the Gaza Navy blockade to help.

Guido Crosetto also said that an Italian navy frigate was ordered to go to 52 boats in the global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) in the shores of Crete.

GSF said that several boats have been reduced of explosions and unidentified objects, and also reported the fire and communication compression. He accused Israel of a “dangerous rise”.

The Israeli government did not comment. But before, he said he wouldn’t let the fleet reach his goal.

One night event occurred, about 50km (27 sea miles) south of Crete.

The unreliable CCTV video images published by GSF showed a man who jumped a yacht on the deck after what looks like an explosion nearby. In a second video, GSF said it was withdrawn from the ghost of the ship.

Passengers on the boats said they asked for help from the Greek Coast Guard.

A coastal safety source, Greece’s AMNA news agency, the European Union Border Agency Frrontex’ten a Portuguese ship was sent to the region, but the boats could not find evidence of material damage, he said.

Greta Thunberg, a Swedish climate change campaignist Greta Thunberg, one of the leading prominent Palestinian activists in Flotilya, called the event “scary tactic”.

On Monday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry claimed that the fleet was “organized by Hamas” and urged his boats to evacuate the aid materials at the Port of Ashkelon to transfer to Gaza.

“Israel will not allow ships to enter an active war zone and will not allow a legal maritime blockade.”

GSF, his aim is “to break the illegal siege in Gaza by sea, to open a humanitarian corridor and to end the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people,” he said.

Two weeks ago, while anchoring Tunisia, two ships were targeted in separate drone attacks. Tunisian officials said they investigated the allegations.

In June, Thunberg was one of the 12 people from Madleen, a charity ship connected to Gaza, so It was captured by Israel forces about 185 km west of Gaza.

Another ship carrying 21 people, Handala, Captured about 75 km away from Gaza in July.

GSF’s boats, UN -supported integrated food safety stage classification (IPC) confirmed that experts have a famine in Gaza City and warned that they can spread to Middle and Southern Gaza for weeks.

Gaza’s Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas, said that at least 440 Palestinians have died of the effects of malnutrition since the beginning of the war, including 162 since the Declaration of famine.

The UN called on Israel to allow a large -scale human reaction that could save lives. As the invading power, it has an obligation to enable Gaza to reach its entire population in accordance with international law.

Israel insisted on acting under international law and facilitated the entry of aid.

He also objected to the findings of the IPC and the figures of the Ministry of Health, and the last allegations made by the UN Investigation Commission strongly rejected that their forces had been genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.

The Israeli army launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the attack on Hamas on 7 October 2023 against Southern Israel, and about 1,200 people were killed and 251 people were hostage.

According to the Ministry of Health, at least 65,419 people were killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza.