Setting sail from Catania in southern Italy, the ship Madleen is participating within the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s mission.
The initiative goals to ship essential humanitarian help to Gaza and draw international consideration to what the organizers name an “insupportable humanitarian disaster.”
The voyage is anticipated to final a few week—assuming they aren’t intercepted alongside the way in which.
This isn’t Greta Thunberg’s first effort to hitch such a marketing campaign. She had deliberate to participate in the same mission in Could, however that try was minimize quick when the vessel was reportedly struck by drones in worldwide waters—an assault the group attributes to Israel.
Israel defends its blockade, saying it’s essential to exert stress on Hamas for the discharge of hostages taken through the October 7 assault.
With greater than 52,000 Palestinians reported useless and widespread destruction throughout Gaza, many critics accuse Israel of enacting collective punishment. Israeli authorities preserve their army actions are aimed solely at militants.
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