Freedom Flotilla Coalition
The humanitarian aid ship was destroyed this Friday morning
Drone attack by Malta Island did not cause deaths, but suspended the humanitarian mission of a group of activists heading towards the Gaza Strip.
“At 00:23, Malta’s time, Conscience, a Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship, was the target of a direct attack on international waters,” he said in the O humanitarian aid group that carried activists from 21 countries towards the Gaza Strip. Out of Tunisia, the ship passed at that moment off the European island of Malta.
“Os drones They attacked the front of a unarmed civil vessel twice, causing a fire and a substantial break in the hull. Israel guilt by the attack, which will have aimed at the generator of the vessel. So far, there is no record of victims, the
The goal of the mission was to “challenge Israel’s illegal and deadly siege to Gaza and to deliver desperately necessary and save help,” the activists say.
“I was part of the group that should have embarked on this ship today To continue the trip towards Gaza, which is one of the many attempts to open a humanitarian corridor and to do our part to continue to try to break Israel’s illegal siege to Gaza, ”said the activist Greta Thunberg. “This attack caused an explosion and major damage to the ship, which made it impossible to continue the mission.”
Thunberg and the Freedom Flotilla coalition also stated that they followed 30 people on board and not 16, contrary to what the Maltese government communicated.
The authorities of the Palestinian territory, plunged into a deep humanitarian crisis, said on Friday that kitchens that serve basic meals to those who have no other option will be required to close within one week to 10 days.
