Will Madleen managed to get to Gaza? Flotille’s coalition for Liberty’s coalition sailed on June 1 of Italy with a dozen people on board, including Swedish ecological activist Greta Thunberg and the French Eurodiputation Rima Hassan.
The objective is to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza despite Maritime block Tax by Israel in the small Palestinian coastal territory devastated by war from the attacks of October 7, 2023. The more the boat to the coast is closer, the more the tension for the crew members is raised.
“We are getting more and more to be intercepted or attacked (…) We can expect everything, the Israeli regime is still a political drift,” Rima Hassan said in the BFMTV microphone.
A false alert
During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the sailboat was flown by drones, whose origin and intention were unknown. “A drone was seen near the boat, we do not know if it is a surveillance drone or if it is a remote controlled drone that can attack the boat, so we are preparing ourselves,” said the match in a video taken after the drone.
It was a false alert, drones proved to be of Greek origin, harmless to the humanitarian team. On May 2, a humanitarian boat in the same movement was damaged. The activists said they suspected an attack against Israeli drones. The Mamleen sailboat, therefore, does not sailfully sail.
The Israeli Navy also said on Tuesday “list” to “protect the maritime space” against the boat. “We do not see why now the Israeli authorities would make an exception,” analyzes Elsa Vidal, an international political editorialist for BFMTV.
The humanitarian situation is disastrous in the Gaza Strip, where “100% of the population” is “threatened with the famine”, according to the UN, after a total blockade of two and a half months, partially relaxed by Israel in the second half of May.
Since May 27, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), supported by the United States and Israel, has begun the distribution of food packages. But its deployment was marked by chaotic scenes accompanied by deadly violence near its centers.
After this series of murderous events, the GHF decided to close this day on Wednesday for one day of these help centers to carry out “reorganization and improvement of efficiency.”
Source: BFM TV
