Celebrities on a selfie yacht, says Israel. Soldiers detained a ship with activists pointing into
Greta Thunberg was also on board.
Gaza City, BRATISLAVA. “If you see this video, Israeli occupation forces or forces that support Israelwe were detained and kidnapped in international waters, ”says the famous Swedish environmental activist in the video Greta Thunberg.
Similar videos were shot by all eleven crew members who, together with Thunberg, were on a ship with humanitarian aid pointing to the Gaza Strip. On Monday, all videos were published on the X X Humanitarian organization Freedom Flotilla Coalition fighting the Israeli occupation of the Gaza band that organized the event.
It was at that time that the activists detained the Israeli naval forces. All members who come from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spanish., ‘ Turkey or Z Brazilaccording to the Israeli army, should soon return to their home countries.
The Israeli army says it has detained activists because they would violate the marine blockade of the Gaza band. It has been launching since 2007, when a terrorist organization began to rule in the Palestinian enclave Hamas.
Activists, in turn, say that the aim of their « peace act of civil resistance » was to draw the attention of the international community to the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. At the same time, they carried out help in the form of food, medical devices, prostheses, baby food or diapers.
The ship with activists raised the attention of the media – probably also because there was also activist Thunberg on board. The Israeli Foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the humanitarian event « celebrities on a selfie yacht » and « media provocation », the only goal of which was to get attention.
Activists reject such claims. « It is very important to remember that this mission is not about us or the ship. It is about genocide, blockade and systematic oppression of the Palestinians, » Thunberg wrote on Sunday before arresting on Instagram.
In the article you can also read:
- What do activists say,
- what the Israeli government says,
- Where the crew is located.
The second attempt
Activists planned the event already in May, cruise However, they have been ruined by drones. Their attack was injured by four people and a fire broke out on the boat, so she could not continue the cruise. The vessel was then located nearby Maltawhere it was supposed to gain other volunteers, including Thunberg.
The organization of Sabotage was accused by Israel, which did not comment on it.
The second attempt took place on June 1 when the ship sailed from Sicily. At the time of detention, it was about 185 kilometers from the Gaza zone near the Egyptian coast.
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The Israeli army took control of the ship on Monday in the early morning hours. The crew composed of activists was transferred to the Israeli port. Activists blame the government for being violently detained by their vessel.
The humanitarian organization also stated that there were drones above the ship – a quadcopter that sprayed the deck with a white -like color. The signal has also been disrupted on board.
Among the latest news from the Madleen ship before losing the connection was a photograph that shows the crew collected in a circle, in the rescue vests and hands over his head. It was published on the social network by a team of MEP Roma Hassan, who was also on board.
Volunteers in pre -recorded videos appeal to their home governments to ask for their release. The pressure is also exerting on the government in London, as the Madleen ship sailed under the British flag.
End of show
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said shortly afterwards that the crew was transferred to Israel and should soon return to their home countries.
Subsequently, they published a photo of Thunberg, who leaves the boat in a green hat in the shape of a frog, serving a sandwich. They, together with the packed water, were given to all passengers. « The show is over, » the ministry wrote on the social network X.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz wrote on the social network that he instructed his troops to « the anti -Semitic grete and her colleagues supporting Hamas » to show videos of terrorists attack on Israeli territory of October 2023.
Hamas’s attack claimed about 1200 victims. Hamas members subsequently dragged 250 hostages to the Gaza Strip – 55 of them are still there, but many may no longer be alive.
According to the Palestinian authorities, the subsequent Israeli retaliation has claimed more than 54,000 Palestinians and more than a hundred thousand injured. Most people have been displaced several times and the United Nations (UN) has been drawing attention to the threat of famine for a month.
Israel has no legal authority to detain the Madleen crew in international waters and to confiscate assistance on board containing food, baby food and medical supplies, said Huwaida Arraf, a human rights lawyer who cooperates with the organization.
« This detention grossly violates international law and is contrary to binding orders of the International Court of Justice, which require unlimited access to humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. These volunteers are not subject to Israeli jurisdiction and cannot be prosecuted for providing assistance or questioning unlawful blockage. He writes in the opinion of the organization.
The ship is over, the mission does not
Israel says that there was only a symbolic assistance on board to fit into one truck. He bequeathed that he would hand over this aid to Gaza through humanitarian organizations.
The Israeli government also added that it has sent over 1,200 humanitarian aid trucks to the Gaza Strip over the past two weeks. However, international humanitarian organizations recall that five to six hundred and six hundred trucks a day need to cover the basic needs of the Palestinian population.
In May after eleven weeks, the Israeli government ended the Gaza Humanitarian blockade and began to release food, medicines or hygiene aids into the territory. It did so after the EU, Britain and Canada threatened sanctions and withdrawal from trade agreements.
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The division of humanitarian aid takes place in three distribution centers, where there is a shooting almost daily. Israeli soldiers have already shot over 80 people, The AP writes, referring to local hospitals.
The UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Palestinian territories of Francesca Albanese urged all the Mediterranean ports to send ships with the help of the Gaza Strip.
« Although Madleen’s journey is over, the mission is not. Breaking the siege is the legal duty of the states and the moral requirement of all of us, » she wrote on the social network X.
