Activists speak of drone fire – Diepresse.com
At night, a fire breaks out on the ship near the Mediterranean island of Malta. The crew speaks of the fact that the boat was hit twice. The Maltese government does not want to confirm that.
A ship of a campaign alliance for the Gaza Strip is in need near the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Maltese government confirmed that there was a fire on a ship shortly after midnight. The activists of the so -called Freedom Flotilla Coalition spoke of a drone attack on the platform X.
The front of the ship was hit twice, which led to a fire and a crack in the fuselage, it was said. The ship is therefore in international waters.
The Maltese government, on the other hand, did not speak of a possible drone attack. The ship put an emergency call that a sluggish boat had then arrived and brought the fire under control at around 2:00 a.m. There were no injuries.
Zeitung: Ship wanted to end the blockade of Israel peacefully
According to the Maltese government, twelve crew members and four civilian passengers were on board. But everyone would have refused to go on board the tractor.
The newspaper « Times of Malta » wrote that there were international human rights activists on the ship. They wanted to draw attention to the situation in the sealed off Gaza Strip. The aim is to end the blockade of the coastal area by Israel and to bring help to the area through non -violent actions. The organization Codepink, which claims to have representatives on the ship, wrote on X that help was to be brought to Gaza.
At least ten dead after Israeli air raid in the Gaza Strip
According to Palestinian information, several people were killed in the Gaza strip itself on Friday. At least ten Palestinians were killed when the house of a family in al-Bureij was hit in the center of the area, as employees of the nearby Al-Aksa hospital in Deir al-Balah said. Accordingly, minors should also be among the victims.
The information could not be checked independently. On request, Israel’s army said to investigate the report. In social and Palestinian media, shots spread should show how helpers search for buried people after the attack at night under rubble and covers a young man’s body in a blanket. The authenticity of the recordings could not be verified at first.
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Recordings after an air raid on the Gaza Strip. APA / AFP / Eyad Baba
According to Wafa, there were also other, sometimes fatal attacks in Israel in the area. The Palestinian news agency reported that at a drone attack, at least seven people in the city of Beit Lahia were killed in the north of the coastal strip in the morning. There were also injuries when a tent was hit. According to Palestinian information, people who mourned around killed relatives were gathered in it. All of this information could not initially be verified independently. On request, the Israeli military announced that the report was checked.
Israel considers tightening the operations in the Gaza Strip
According to media reports, Israel’s leadership wants to decide on the possible tightening of the operations in the Gaza Strip during the day. With the attacks, Israel wants to increase the pressure on Hamas so that it agrees to release further hostages. (APA/dpa)
