The Israeli army intercepted the ship of Propalestinian activists responsible for humanitarian aid to Gaza

The Israeli army intercepted the ship To give israeli army intercepted ship propalestinian up Exploited by the Propalestinian movement flotilla for the freedom which was heading towards Gaza responsible for humanitarian aid. Consequently, according to images broadcast live, Saturday July 26, by the group.

“The Israeli Navy prevented the ship Navarn. However, [son nom d’origine] To illegally enter the maritime area off the Gaza coast. Consequently, The ship is safely on the coast of Israel ”announced the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs on X. However, “All passengers are safe”he said. Similarly, adding that “Unauthorized attempts to break the blockade are israeli army intercepted ship propalestinian dangerous, illegal, and undergo the ongoing humanitarian efforts”.

The Israeli army had warned earlier in the day it would apply “The legal maritime safety blockade. Consequently, of the Gaza Strip”.

Two French parliamentarians on board

The images broadcast online by the group flotilla for freedom showed Propalestinian activists sitting on the bridge of To give up hands in the air. However, and whistling the Italian anti -fascist song Hello beautifulwhile the soldiers took control of the ship. They were cut a few minutes later.

“The ship was in international waters. less than seven hours from Gaza, At the same time, on X, the deputy La France Insoumise du Val-d’Oise Gabrielle Cathala, who was on board. A soldier has just destroyed the camera from live. »» In a message on social networks. flotilla for freedom has announced that the « To give up a[vait] israeli army intercepted ship propalestinian been intercepted and approached illegally by Israeli forces while he was in international waters ”.

An online monitoring tool shows that the ship was about fifty kilometers from the Egyptian coast. a hundred kilometers west of Gaza when it was intercepted.

“The thugs of Netanyahu [le premier ministre israélien. Benyamin Nétanyahou] approached the To give up. They attack twenty-one disarmed persons in international waters, where they have no rights. A kidnapping in which two French parliamentarians are victims ”reacted. on X, the leader of rebellious israeli army intercepted ship propalestinian France (LFI), Jean-Luc Mélenchon. “Do something other than the doormat of Netanyahu”he launched for the attention of the French government.

Medical equipment and foodstuffs

The boat had left the Italian port of Syracuse, Sicily on July 13. On board. nineteen activists of various nationalities, including, in addition to Gabrielle Cathala, the MEP LFI Emma Fourreau, as well as two journalists.

This former Norwegian trawler carries medical equipment, foodstuffs, children’s equipment and medicines. The expedition. funded by donation campaigns, aimed to break the Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip, prey to a major humanitarian crisis, and to send aid. The crew of To give up had declared on X that he would start a hunger strike israeli army intercepted ship propalestinian if the boat were to be intercepted by the Israeli army. its passengers to be detained.

The arrangement of To give up intervenes six weeks after that of Masedanother ship of the flotilla. for the freedom of Italy on 1^is June. This sailboat with twelve activists on board. including the ecologist Greta Thunberg and the MEP (LFI) Rima Hassan, had been intercepted about 185 kilometers west of the Gaza coast and led to Israel. Its occupants had then been expelled to their countries of origin.

In a press release. Hamas denounced a “New crime israeli army intercepted ship propalestinian of piracy in international waters with the interception of the humanitarian boat to prevent it from joining the besieged Gaza band, victim of genocide and famine”.

Israel. whose offensive began in the aftermath of the attack on the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on October 7, 2023, imposed strict humanitarian blockade in the Palestinian territory. He led to very serious shortages of food. medicines and other basic necessities, and was only partially relaxed in late May.

Under increasing international pressure to unlock the entry of humanitarian aid into the hungry Gaza Strip. the Hebrew State announced, on Saturday, the immediate resumption of parachuting on the territory, to which the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates said they were ready to participate.