As he had warned hours before, Israel He approached the ship MADLEEN who transported humanitarian aid to Gaza with 12 activists on board, including the young environmentalist Greta Thunberg. The objective of the boat was to break the blockade against the Palestinian territory, however, they were intercepted by the Israeli forces and the contact with the boat was lost.
In turn, he warned: “To Greta the anti -Semitic and his companions, spokesmen of the propaganda of Hamas, I tell them clearly: Get out, because they won’t get to Gaza“
He “Mamleen”, A ship of the coalition of the Fleeta de la Libertad (FFC), a non -violent international movement of solidarity with the Palestinians, It sailed from Italy on June 1 with the aim of delivering help to Gaza. On Saturday, the German activist Yasemin Care told the AFP agency that they were sailing off the coast of Egypt, bordering the Palestinian enclave, and that They planned to reach the Gaza Strip on Monday morning. However, hours before arriving at the territory he was approached by the Israeli army and lost all kinds of communication.
Hostilities on Gaza continue
Aboard the ship there are Citizens of Germany, France, Brazil, Turkey, Sweden, Spain and the Netherlands.
Among them is, in addition to Thunberg, is the European deputy Rima Hassan, a Naturalized Palestinian refugee French, who declared that more than 200 European legislators signed an open letter to Israel in which they ask that they be asked to be Allow the “Madleen” to reach Gaza and the “immediate entry of their humanitarian burden.”
Despite the request, the Israeli defense minister emphasized that the “state of Israel It will not allow anyone to break the maritime block of Gazawhose main objective is Prevent the delivery of weapons to Hamasa murderous terrorist organization that maintains captive to our hostages and commits war crimes“
In May, another ship from the Fleeta de la Libertad denounced having been attacked with drones.
Israeli hostilities against Gaza advance
From Gaza, the civil defense reported that Israeli attacks killed at least 10 people this Sunday.
“Five martyrs and dozens of injured were Transferred to Jan Yunis Nasser Hospital after the occupation forces [israelíes] They opened fire against civilians around 06h00, “said Mahmud Basal, spokesman for rescuers.
The attack by Hamas to Israel in October 2023, which unleashed the war, caused the death of 1,218 people, mostly civilians. Of the 251 people kidnapped that day, 55 are still captive in Gaza, And of these, At least 31 died, according to Israeli authorities.
More than 54,880 Palestinians, mostly civilians, They died in the Israeli military operationaccording to data from the Gazatí Ministry of Health, considered reliable by the UN.
Source: Ambito
