A number of boats from the missing flotilla were the Israeli forces about 75 miles from the Gaza coast, since the ships tried to violate the sea blockade of the territory destroyed by the war and bring help.
The raid began with the leading ship of the flotilla, the Alma, whose team was detained by Israeli soldiers on Wednesday. Video from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs showed the most noticeable of the passengers of the flotilla, the Swedish climate campaign Greta TunbergSitting on the deck surrounded by soldiers.
As of the beginning of Thursday, a total of 13 boats were intercepted or stopped, according to the tracking of their own Flotilla ships, but the organizers said that the remaining vessels “would continue imperceptibly”, adding that it was 46 sea miles (85 km) from the destination.
In the video message posted on Instagram shortly before interception, Tunberg said: “My name is Greta Tunberg. I am on board the ship of Alma. We are going to intercept Israel. ”
Tunberg, along with other activists on Alma, was arrested and taken into custody in the Israeli port of Ashdod.
Sumud global flotilla, which consists of more than 40 civilian boats carrying about 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists, including Tunberg, headed for Gas Bringing humanitarian aid, despite repeated warnings from Israel to turn back.
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Flotilla released several videos on a telegram from people on board various boats, some of which kept their passports, saying that they were abducted and delivered to Israel against their will, and confirm that their mission was an non -violent humanitarian reason.
On Wednesday afternoon, the courts floated in international waters north of Egypt, when interceptions began and entered what was described as a “hazard zone” or “high -risk zone”.
Despite the fact that he is still in international waters, this is the area where the Israeli fleet stopped other boats trying to break its blockade in the past, and which the flotilla was warned not to cross.
Around 7.25 pm, about 20 Israeli military ships approached the flotilla and ordered the boats to turn off their engines, activists said on social networks. Living shots from the flotilla showed passengers sitting in a semicircle, wearing life vests when they expected interception. Soon the broadcast turned off.
“Our ships are illegally intercepted,” the Instagram flotilla page said on Wednesday evening. “Cameras are autonomous, and military personnel sat on ships. We are actively working to confirm the safety and status of all participants on board. ”
The shots broadcasting Sky Italia showed activists on the deck, which were amazed at powerful water aircraft. Those who on board said that they also heard loud blows next to several boats, which, as they believe, stunning grenades fell from drones.
The interceptions were confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, which stated: “The Israeli fleet turned to the flotilla to provide assistance in gas and asked them to change the course of the Israeli port Ashdod, where help could be unloaded and transferred to a series of gas.”
The Israeli naval fleet previously warned of the flotilla, it was approaching the active zone of military operations and violates that, according to him, it was a legitimate blockade, and asked them to change the course. He proposed peacefully transferring any help through safe channels in gas and rejected the mission as a trick.
On Wednesday, the Italian Foreign Minister said that his Israeli colleague assured him that the IDF would not use violence against activists on board the flotilla.
“Planting was planned, we are talking about this … with [the Israeli foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar] So there would have been no violent actions by the Armed Forces of Tel Aviv, and it was confident to me, ”Antonio Tajani told RAI to Italian television.
“We instructed our embassy in Tel Aviv and the Consulate in Jerusalem to help all Italians who will probably be delivered to Ashdod, but then will be excluded,” he added.
Thousands of people took to the streets through Italy in a wave of spontaneous protests after the forces of the Israeli military fleet sat on boats with demonstrations in Bari, Bologna, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Pisa and Rome.
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Italian trade unions also called for a common strike in support Palestine on Friday.
The Israeli government accused some members of the flotilla that they are associated with Hamas, without providing any evidence in support of the claim. Activists strongly rejected the accusations and said that Israel was trying to justify potential attacks on them.
European governments, including Spain and Italy, who sent their military ships to accompany the Flotilla during part of his journey, called on activists to turn back and avoid confrontation.
But while the prime minister of Italy, Georgia Melony, late on Tuesday said that the actions of the flotilla risk undermining the recent proposal of Donald Trump about the resolution of the war in Gaza, the prime minister of Spain defended this initiative.
“We must remember that this is a humanitarian mission that will not happen if the Israeli government allowed helping to help,” Pedro Sanchez told reporters on Wednesday. The participation of the Spaniards will benefit from complete diplomatic protection, he added.
In the case of the non -reproach, the flotilla, which began its journey from the Spanish port of Barcelona a month ago, was supposed to reach the shores of Gaza by the morning of Thursday, the group said.
The military blockade was imposed in 2009 by Israel, the intensification of its 2007 gases blockade in response to Hamas, which seized control over the territory. He was convicted many times from the UN, which called him “a direct violation of international human rights and humanitarian law.”
Juval Shani, an international law expert at Jewish University in Jerusalem, said that as long as the Israeli Gaza Blockade is “a war -justified” – he was called upon to prevent a weapon – and the ship intended to break the siege, Israel could intercept the ship after a preliminary warning.
Whether the blockade is actually justified, and its legality is the point of dispute.
But the flotilla claims that this is a civilian, unarmed group and that the adoption of humanitarian aid is guaranteed in international law. Previous attempts by the activist to break the military blockade on gas were stopped by the Israeli military.
In 2010, Israeli commandos killed 10 Turkish activists, who raided the ship Mavi Marmara Leading Flotilla to provide assistance in gas.
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