Israel expelled Jordan to the last three passengers of the ship for Gaza, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday, June 16.
Among them, the French journalist of Blast Yanis Mhamdi, who confirmed the information in a publication about social networks. “I just were extradited in Jordan.
Thank you all for your mobilization. Finally free, “he wrote in X.
Another Frenchman, Pascal Marieras, was also one of the last passengers that are still in Israel.
Twelve activists left on June 1 of Italy aboard the sailboat Madleen to reach the Gaza Strip and “break the blockade of the Israeli” Palestinian territory tax had been arrested after the boarding of the boat on Monday, June 9 by the Israeli Navy, about 185 kilometers from the coast of Gaza. It significantly transported to the Swedish ecological activist Greta Thunberg and the Franco-Palestinian Eurodiputa Rima Hassan, as well as a humanitarian aid.
Post in detention
“The last 3 passengers of the Flotille de la Liberté, Yanis, Pascal and Marco have been released and arrived in Jordan, they can finally return home,” he reacted on X Rima Hassan, who had been repatriated to France with five other passengers this Thursday.
In addition to the Blast French reporter, Yanis Mhamdi, his compatriot Pascal Maurrenas and the Dutch Marco Van Rennes, two sailors, were still arrested in Givon, in the center of Israel.
The Israeli authorities had put “those who refuse to sign the expulsion documents and leave Israel will be taken before a judicial authority, in accordance with Israeli law, to authorize their expulsion,” according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
Gaza’s humanitarian block, a “scandal”
France has “approved all messages” to Israel to “the protection” of its nationals “be safe” and that “they can find French land,” said Emmanuel Macron last week, denouncing as a “scandal” the humanitarian blockade in Gaza. Tens of thousands of people gathered through France in the call on the left in support of these activists.
Israel is accused of genocide at the Palestinian enclave by several human rights organizations. According to local authorities, more than 55,000 Palestinians have been killed there since October 7, 2023.
Source: BFM TV
