Activists on a flotilla approach Gaza and say they are ready for a possible Israeli interception
Activists on board A fleet of a ship sailing towards Gaza He said that the Israeli Navy was preparing to intervene as we approached. Palestinian territory After a tense night on Wednesday Mediterrenian.
. Global Sumud Flotilla with Greta ThunbergIt consists of about 50 boats and 500 activists and has a symbolic amount of help. It was intact in the mission of breaking the Israeli blockade of the coastline and Reach the Palestinians.
Thiago ávila, one of the fleet leaders and spokespersons, told journalists to journalists at an online news conference on Wednesday, one of the mother of Fleet, said, “We are moving a little further every minute”.
On the morning of Wednesday, the ships were sailing in international waters in the north of Egypt, and they entered the things that the activists called the “danger zone – – where the Israeli officials did not pass them and the Israeli Navy stopped the initiatives of other flotilated in the past.
Overnight, activists said that two Israeli warships were approaching two of the boats aggressively, traveling around them and squeezing their communication, including live cameras on board.
Lisi Proença, another activist in Sirius, an targeted ship next to Alma, said, “This was an act of intimidation, they wanted us to see them.”
After a close match overnight, the military ships finally left and continued on the fleet journey and released live cameras from most of his boats.
If not disturbed, the group said it was to reach the shores of Gaza until Thursday morning. However, the activists said that this was not likely and that the Israeli officials expected to stop them at any time, as they did in past initiatives.
Including European governments Spain and Italy During a part of his journey, he sent navy ships to accompany Flotilya, called on the activists to return and avoid confrontation. Italy warned that fleet organizers will consider Israel’s attacks beyond the “danger zone ı as a“ hostile action ..
