‘Terrified for my life’: Aussies in Gaza aid boat scare
On a boat with aid to Gaza, an Australian volunteer said he was afraid of his life after a drone strike on the ship.
Yusuf Omar, a Gold Coast, founder of an online media company and a former CNN journalist, miraculously described the survival of six passengers and crew on the Portuguese -flagged ship on Tuesday.
Im I felt the warmth of a large flame ball.
“I was shocked about my life and I was horrified.”
The Global Sumud fleet said the main and storage decks were damaged by the fire from the strike that Tunisian officials denied.
Flotilla is part of the effort to deliver air to Gaza through several high -profile vowels participating in the initiative, including environmental activist Greta Thunberg.
Mr. Omar documented the starring strike showing burnt life vests and sooty walls that broadcast to tens of thousands of social media followers.
AAP contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for comment.
An Australian mother on the aid boat connected to Gaza said she was proud of her daughter but was afraid of her safety.
Julie Webb-Pullman woke up to the news, her daughter Bianca Webb-Pullman, a GP in Melbourne, was extremely sad and worried about.
AAP said, “Being asleep on a boat at sea and explosion around you and breaking a fire is a psychologically highly traumatic event,” AAP said.
“I’m very worried about all people on board, but especially my daughter.”
He took a few text from his daughter and relieved that he was no longer on the boat, but he said he supported the decision to join the fleet.
“I am very proud to do what the Australian government should do, which prevents intervening in a gross human crisis that prevents genocide,” he said.
Fleet said an investigation into the drone attack.
Tunisia’s National Guard Spokesman said the Fleet “no actually no basis” drone attack reports and showed that the first inspection was initiated in the ship.
However, a video uploaded to the social media of the fleet seems to show the moment when the boat was hit from above.
Israel killed about 64,000 people in Gaza. More than 20,000 children According to local health authorities, a two -year military attack
The latest campaign began after the militant group Hamas killed 1200 people and took 250 more hostages on October 7, 2023.
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