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Israel promised Sunday to stop a help boat transporting Greta Thunberg and other activists to reach Gaza.
Sunday evening, the British flag civilian was north of Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea, slowly approaching the Gaza coast. THE “Shy“Is part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, an organization that campaigned against the blockade of Israel of Gaza and tried to break the seat by boat.
“We know that it is a very risky mission and we know that previous experiences with Flatillas like this have led to attacks, violence and even cases of death”, ” Thunberg told CNN SATURDAY.
“But of course, none of these risks is even remotely as high as the risk that Palestinians face every day simply by trying to survive.”
Defense Minister Israel Katz reiterated that Madleen, operated by the Flédom Flotilla Coalition, would not go to the besieged enclave.
“I asked the FDI to make sure that the” Madleen “flotilla does not reach Gaza,” Katz said in a statement, referring to the name of the ship.
Katz warned the ship that “you better go back – because you will not reach Gaza”.
Thunberg and Madleen plan to reach Gaza in the next day, the organizer Yasemin Acar said on Saturday.
“We are still on the way to Gaza. There is no backyard, and we hope to do Gaza within two days,” said Acar.
The coalition is campaigning to end the Gaza of Israel and tried to reach the enclave several times in the past
After an 11 -week blockade that prevented any humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, Israel began to allow a aid net once again.
But it is only a fraction of the aid that entered the enclave before the war, with humanitarian organizations warning an aggravation of the humanitarian crisis and the growing risk of generalized famine.
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for occupied Palestinian territories, said on social networks that the flotilla carries more than food.
“It is not only help, it is the humanity they wear. For all of us,” she said.
The crew, which made known the location of the ship with an online tracker, began to prepare for the possibility of interception by the Israeli army.
Among those who join the crew are Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament, and the actor of “Game of Thrones”, Liam Cunningham.
“From a legal and moral point of view, Israel has no right to intercept this ship,” the group said in a statement.
“The inhabitants of Gaza, in the siege, hungry and confronted with the threat of annihilation, have the legal right to decide who enters their territories.”
Last month, another Flotilla Coalition Flotillais ship was part of what its organizers said an attack on Israeli drones off the coast of Malta in international waters. The group did not testify that the drone was Israeli, while the Israeli army refused to comment on the alleged attack.
The ship, the “conscience”, was heading towards Malta, where a large contingent of activists had to get on board before his departure for Gaza, more than 1,000 miles away, but did not go to the port, said the group.
The coalition told CNN that Thunberg was one of those who were to board the ship to Malta.