There Handalaboat belonging to the Freedom Flotilla and at his 37th mission in 18 years, he approached the waters off Gaza Stripactivating the intervention of the Israeli maritime security forces in the evening. The images broadcast live showed Israeli soldiers on board the boat and start identifying those present. The Israeli army (IDF) said: “The IDF imposes the blocking of maritime security on the Gaza strip and is prepared to face a series of scenarios”.
On board the boat are found 21 activists Of ten different nationalities, including two Italian citizens, members of a non -governmental organization that supports the Palestinian cause. The participants in the mission had made it known previously that, in the event of arrest, they would undertake a hunger strike. The initiative, according to what was communicated by the crew through a post published on social X, is aimed at both a Israelwith reference to the humanitarian situation in Gaza, both ai international governments accused of not having acted in defense of international law and Palestinian civilians.
The crew asked the governments of the ten countries of origin of the participants to guarantee protection to its citizens and a possible salvoncotable, claiming that the humanitarian mission should be a responsibility for state institutions. Among the crew members there are also the Italian skipper Tony La Piccirellaoriginally from Bari, and the Sicilian blogger Antonio Mazzeo. Piccirella said that, if the mission was interrupted, this would happen due to the failure to intervene by the governments to protect the initiative, which takes place in international waters. He also declared that a possible forced transfer to the port of Ashdod would have happened against the will of the crew.
“We what we can do will be Enter the hunger strike and reject the repatriation“The skipper had highlighted before the intervention of the Israeli authorities:” If they stop us, it will be because the governments have not protected the mission and have allowed an illegal action in international waters in violation of all international rights and laws. If they take us to Ashdod, it will be against our will, we will have seized, with the IDF that will take control of the boat in the armed military form “.
In short, the now usual Pagliacciata pro-Pal ended as expected. After all, everyone – but everyone – knew that this would be the end: the intervention of the Italian Coast Guard and the arrest of all activists. But perhaps, indeed almost certainly, this is precisely what the 21 members of the Flotilla wanted. So Israel will pass through bad and inhuman, when in reality the ship did not obtain the necessary authorizations to enter those territorial waters. But this the solons do not say it, the important thing is to point the finger at Netanyahu and feed the already full -bodied hatred of the Jewish state.
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