‘We're witnessing intellectual surgery.‘
A ship under the Polish flag has just been attacked, on which I swim. Drone hit the mast with a bang bomb. The blast was powerful, but everyone's fine. Only the sail was damaged – said MP Franciszek Sterczewski via Facebook.
According to the report, there have been drone attacks on respective ships within the hr with humanitarian aid gathered off the coast of Greece. The fire continued all night, and a full scale of casualties was to be known in the morning. Around 4:30 p.m., a full of 13 attacks were reported in 10 units, 3 of which were damaged.
German human rights defender Yasemin Acar reported that 5 boats were killed for the attack. In her Instagram video, she noted that the flotilla does not have any weapons, poses no threat and transports only humanitarian aid.
Activists from Global Sumud Flotilla in a message published on social media stressed that they are dealing with intellectual operations, but do not intend to be intimidated.
Israel’s Threats
On Monday, the Israeli abroad Ministry stated that it would not let the blockade of the Gaza Strip to be interrupted by about 20 ships forming the fleet. The Communication in Jerusalem identifies the Global Sumud Flotilla initiative as a group organised by and for Hamas.
Israeli diplomacy wrote on Monday:
If the participants of the fleet truly want to supply humanitarian aid alternatively than service Hamas, Israel calls for ships to dock in the port of Ashkelon and unload aid there, from where it will be immediately and in a coordinated way transferred to the Gaza Strip.
The activists were besides ordered to obey the Israeli law and not break it.
It's all about help.
The global flotilla is presently off the coast of Crete. Its participants stress that they transport only humanitarian aid to Gaza and do not endanger any of the parties to the conflict. The group consists of propalestine activists, including Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Ships are heading for Gaza to supply humanitarian support and "break the Israeli blockade".
The Gaza Strip is experiencing a major humanitarian crisis, including food shortages, resulting from Israel's almost two-year war with Hamas. Humanitarian organisations are informing that the situation is deteriorating and that the amount of aid passed through Israel remains insufficient. Israel rejects accusations of contributing to hunger and announces further steps to improve aid supplies.
