For the Hebrew state, it’s no. As expected, the Israeli army does not intend to authorize The “Madleen” shipwhich transports 12 pro-Palestinian activists including Greta Thunberg and The rebellious MEP Rima Hassanto approach or dock in Gaza. An important source in the Israeli Ministry of Defense said it to the Jerusalem Post and ofi24news.
The “Madleen” sailboat, chartered by the coalition of the flotilla for freedom, left land firm on Sunday with a dozen people on board, including the Swedish ecological activist Greta Thunberg and the French MEP Rima Hassan.
The aim of the mission, according to the coalition, is to deliver a cargo of humanitarian aid to Gaza despite the sea blockade imposed by Israel in the Palestinian coastal territory devastated by almost twenty months of war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which sparked hostilities on October 7, 2023.
A detour to help “refugees” drifting
Wednesday, the boat had deviated from its route To help in sea to four “refugees from Sudan”. “Four people threw themselves into the sea at the time of the intervention of the Libyan coastal guard, we were able to rescue them they are with us on our boat,” wrote Rima Hassan social networks, supporting photos and videos, while explaining that they were “refugees from Sudan”.
On the images published by the elected representative as well as other passengers of the ship, we can indeed see several dozen people grouped on a small boat in the open sea. Some of them were in the water, floating with the help of tires, when a larger boat, that of the Libyan coastal guard according to the crew, intervened near the boat.
The boat “was flowing” and some “jumped into the water,” said another crew member on Instagram, Brazilian activist Thiago Avila. “We are now calling on the Greek coast guards to come and take responsibility for putting them in safety,” he added.
