Israel stops 13 Gaza aid boats, organisers say, sparking international criticism
Filin organizers said in a statement on Thursday, (Reuters) -Israeli forces carrying foreign activists and assistance for Gaza and assistance to Gaza, he said.
A video from the Israeli Foreign Ministry, confirmed by Reuters, showed the leader of fleet passengers, Swedish climate campaignist Greta Thunberg, sitting on a deck surrounded by soldiers.
Israeli Foreign Ministry X. “Greta and his friends are safe and healthy.”
The global Sumud fleet, which carries medication and food to Gaza, consists of more than 40 civilian boats with approximately 500 parliamentary, lawyers and activists.
Fleet revealed a few videos with messages from individuals from various boats, some of them holding their passports and reiterating that they were kidnapped and taken against Israel against their will and their duties were a non -violent humanitarian reason.
The fleet is the highest profile symbol of the opposition to Israel’s Gaza blockade.
His progress in the Mediterranean has attracted international interest, including countries, including Turkey, Spain and Italy, and sent boats or drones, even if he triggered repeated warnings to return from Israel if his citizens asked for help.
The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs called Israel’s fleet “attack ına as a“ act of terror ön which endangered the lives of innocent civilians.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered the deportation of the entire diplomatic delegation of Israel on Wednesday after two Colombian detained in the fleet. Israel has not been an ambassador in Colombia since last year.
Petro described the arrests as a potential “new international crime ve and requested the release of Colombians. He also terminated Colombia’s free trade agreement with Israel.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim condemned Israel’s fleet intervention on Thursday and added that Israeli forces detained eight Malaysian.
“Israel has prevented a human mission, not only for the rights of the Palestinian people, but also for the conscience of the world,” Anwar, who is predominantly Muslim, was completely humiliated. ” He said.
Israel’s fleet intervention led to protests in Italy and Colombia. The Italian unions called on Friday with a general strike for solidarity with the international aid fleet.
The navy of Israel had previously warned that he had previously approached an active war zone and violated a legal blockade and asked them to change the route. He offered to Gaza to convey any aid peacefully through safe channels.
30 boats that sail towards Gaza
Flotilla is the last sea -based initiative to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, most of them have turned into a barren land with almost two years of war.
The elephant organizers condemned the raid on Wednesday as “war crime”. They said that the army used aggressive tactics, including the use of water balls, but no one was damaged.
“More than one ship … In international waters, Israel was illegally seized by the occupation forces in international waters and we boarded.” He said.
The boats, about 70 nautical miles from the settlements caused by the war when they are caught, are in a region where Israel was policing to stop the upcoming boats. Organizers, some boats, including the use of a live camera supply, including the communication, he said.
According to the ship monitoring data of the net, 13 boats were caught or stopped from the beginning of Thursday. Organizers, in a statement, the fleet “Underhastered will continue,” he challenged.
Flashilla organizers stated that thirty boats still set sail towards Gaza in a mission in the Early on Thursday, and that they are 46 nautical miles away from their targets.
The fleet hoped to come if it was not intervened in Gaza on Thursday morning.
Israeli officials have repeatedly condemned the mission as a stunt. “This systematic rejection (delivery of aid) shows that the target is not humanitarian, but provocative,” Israel’s Ambassador of Italy Jonathan Pelled, Israel’s Ambassador of Italy. He said.
Since Israel seized the control of the coastal settlement in Hamas 2007, a sea blockade in Gaza has implemented a sea blockade, and the attempts of the activists to get help by sea have been several attempts.
In 2010, nine activists were killed after the Israeli troops boarded the fleet of six ships led by 700 pro -Palestinian activists from 50 countries.
In June of this year, the Israeli Naval Forces approached Thunberg and the Freedom Flotilla Coalition as the Freeding Flotilla Coalition, while detained 11 crew members from a small ship.
Israel, according to Israel, after the attack on Israel led by Hamas after 7 October 2023, Israel began an attack on Gaza. Gaza Health officials said the attack killed more than 65,000 people in Gaza.
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