9 hours agoIsrael to block Greta Thunberg's ship ride to Gaza
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered the army not to allow the ship on which activist Greta Thundberg and other activists are located to enter the Gaza Strip. “Israel won't allow anyone to break the Gaza Sea Belt blockade”, Katz said through a statement on the network [...]
“Israel won't allow anyone to break the Gaza Sea Belt blockade”, Katz said through a statement on the social X network.
He has said he has ordered the armed forces to prevent the docking of the Madleen ship of the Coalition Freedom Flotilla, follows Periscope.
Addressing Thurberg and 11 other activists on board, Katz said: “You must go back because you will not get to Gaza”.
The defence minister has described the team on the ship as the ultra-left <x0-activist”.
He has mentioned that the naval blockade in Gaza was imposed in 2007, when Palestinian group Hamas declared terrorist by the United States and other powers has climbed to power, and is intended to prevent the supply of the armed group.
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition has said it wants to send aid to babies and medical equipment to residents of Gaza, and has repeated several times that there are no weapons on board.
Activists also aim to awareness the world of the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
The Madleen ship was launched from Sicily a week ago and is expected to reach the Gaza coast on Monday.
On Sunday afternoon, the ship has been less than 200 miles [300 km] from its destination. In several videos published in the Instagram, the group has accused Israel of undoing communications equipment in order to monitor the ship or even prepare an attack. /REL/
