More than 13 years after the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara that left nine activists dead, another flotilla of a thousand ships carrying 4,500 people from 40 countries is ready to sail from Istanbul towards Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid bring the population is affected by more than one […]
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More than 13 years after the Israeli attack Mavi Marmara which cost the lives of nine activists, another flotilla consisted of a thousand ships on board 4,500 people from 40 countries is ready to set sail Istanbul towards Gaza bring humanitarian aid for the population that has been suffering from Israeli bombing for more than a month. The announcement was made by one of the organizers of the initiative, Volkan Okcuin conversation with the Turkish website Haber7.
The plan is to start from the big city Bosphorus On Wednesday he headed to the Palestinian enclave and tried to force it Naval blockade imposed by Tel Aviv. The first leg of the journey will be Cypruswhile the convoy then wants to drive towards the Israeli port Ashdod. According to Okcu, the boats will comply with all international laws and will not carry weapons.
A risky operation considering that the waters off the Gaza Strip are blocked by the Israeli state, which aims to control all goods entering and leaving the Gaza Strip, including by land and air. In 2008 together with Freedom Flotilla From Cyprus it also reached the coast of Gaza Vittorio Arrigoni, who died under mysterious circumstances in the Strip in 2011 after being kidnapped. While it happened in 2010 the attack on the Mavi Marmara. The Israeli army boarded the largest of the eight ships bound for Gaza while it was there international waters. The vehicles brought basic needs to the local population in order to break the hard blockade of the Gaza Strip imposed by Israel. But when soldiers from Tel Aviv boarded the ferry, there were nine dead and 70 injured, including ten Israeli soldiers. An action by the army that led to the breaking of diplomatic relations between Israel and Israel Türkiye.