Israeli naval ships intercept Gaza-bound flotilla

The Israeli navy objected to boats carrying assistance to Gaza and detained activists on board, including the Swedish climate campaign Greta Thonberg.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that many ships that are part of the global Somoud shell (GSF) had “stopped safely” and that those were transported on an Israeli port.

He added that the navy had told ships to change the path because it “is close to the active fighting area.”

Early on Thursday morning, local time, GSF said that 30 boats are still “sailing to Gaza” and they were 46 nautical miles from their intended destination.

They described the objection as “illegal” and “not a defensive act”, but rather a “desperate and loose act.”

The group claimed that one ship inside the fleet was “deliberately shocked by the sea” and said that the additional boats had water cannons.

“It is clear that this reveals the severe lengths that the occupier will go to ensure that Gaza remains hunger and isolation,” GSF wrote on social media.

“They will attack a peaceful civilian mission because the success of humanitarian aid means the failure of their blockade.”

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the fleet was informed that it “violates the legal maritime blockade” covering the water next to Gaza – although it is not clear whether the boats have entered the siege area.

Footage of the objection found that Thunberg was sitting on the roof of the boat, and it was delivered by water and a jacket by an Israeli army member.

The direct broadcast of boats indicates that all 44 ships are not independent and sincere.

“Grega and her friends are safe and healthy,” said the Israeli government, which described the GSF attempt to transfer humanitarian aid to the war that was “provoking”.

The GSF multiple ships including Alma, one of the main ships, as well as Surius and Adara, have been intercepted and up.

Before that, the Israeli army was accused of “intentionally harmful ship contacts, in an attempt to prevent distress signals and stop the live broadcast on their illegal boat.”

He said that the fleet was 70 nautical miles from the coast line in Gaza when the intervention occurred. The group was hoping for its ships to arrive in Gaza on Thursday morning.

People gathered in Greece, Italy, Germany, Tunisia and Turkey to protest Israel’s objection to the fleet.

In a statement, Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, called on Israel to “urgently lift the siege on Gaza and allow the entry of life -saving materials through all possible means,” adding that it must agree to facilitate the honest human relief plans “without hindrance.”

The Italian unions also called on a general strike on Friday in “defending the fleet, constitutional values ​​and Gaza.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Türkiye condemned this objection as the “act of terrorism”, and called for to bear the “perpetrators of this attack.”

Colombian President Gustavo Petro expelled all the remaining Israeli diplomats from the country in response, and stressed the objection as “an international crime by Netanyahu.”

Petro also ended the Colombia’s Free Trade Agreement with Israel, which has been present since 2020, and called for the release of two Colombians who were on the fleet.

Irish Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris described reports “regarding” and said he expected Israel to support international law, With at least seven Irish citizens among the detaineesIncluding Senator Sen Vin Chris Andrews.

Israel has already banned two attempts by activists to provide aid on the ship to Gaza, in June and July.

While the Israeli government described the fleet as “a selfie”, Thonberg was against this criticism, and BBC told on Sunday: “I do not think anyone will risk his life for a propaganda trick.”

International Relief Agencies are trying to obtain food and medicine in the Palestinian territories, but he noticed that Israel restricts the flow of supplies.

Israel claims that it is trying to stop these supplies in the hands of Hamas. She and the United States supported an alternative food distribution system, the Gaza Humanitarian Corporation (GHF), which the United Nations refuses to cooperate with, describing it as immoral.

A group that is not supported last month confirmed that there is a famine in Gaza, and the human president of the United Nations said it was the direct result of the methodology of the methodology of Israel to the aid that enters the region.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described this as a “explicit lie”.

French Foreign Minister Jean -Nula Barrot said in a statement that France has guaranteed that “any possible internal operation will take place in light of the best possible security conditions.”

The Italian Foreign Minister said that Israel assured him that its armed forces would not use violence against 500 people on board, including French and Italian politicians.

Antonio Tajani said: “It has been planned to ascend, we are talking about it … [Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon] Saar so that there are no violent measures by the armed forces, Tel Aviv, and this has been guaranteed to me. “

His country “expects international law to be supported and all those on board the fleet will be dealt with strict accreditation.”

In Gaza, Israel ascends its attack on Gaza City Hamas weighs its response to a new American plan to end the war. It is understood that Arab and Turkey mediators are pressuring Hamas for a positive response, but the character of Hamas is senior, the armed group is likely to reject it.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has issued a final warning to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the city to evacuate in the south, saying that those who during the attack against Hamas would be “terrorists and supporters of terrorism.”

The International Committee of the Red Cross stated that “under international humanitarian law, civilians must be protected whether they remain or leave Gaza City.”