The two Spaniards aboard the ship ‘Handala’ of the Fleeta de la Libertad, assaulted this Saturday by Israeli commands when it was about less than 100 kilometers from the coast of Gaza To break the Israeli maritime block over the enclave, they have requested pressure on the government to accelerate their release.
Specifically, Spanish activists Santiago González Vallejo and Sergio Toribio, in messages published by the NGO to Gaza, have sued civil society in unison that pressure the Spanish government to accelerate their release and that of their 19 travel companions.
“If you are watching this video I have been kidnapped by the Israeli Occupational Forces or complicit forces. I call comrades, colleagues, Friends, family and all the people of good to press the Spanish government and the governments of the European Union To demand my freedom and that of my colleagues as soon as possible, “said González Vallejo.
Toribio, in a later message published by the NGO, has spoken in the same terms.
“Arbit and illegal” arrest
On the other hand, in a statement collected by the International Committee to break the siege of Gaza, the organization of the coalition of the Fleeta de la Libertad has confirmed that the civil ship ‘Handala’, which was going to break the illegal blockade and Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza, has been “violently intercepted by the Israeli army in international waters, approximately 40 nautical miles from Gaza”.
“Israel has no legal authority to detain international civilians aboard Handala. This is not an Israeli internal issue. These are foreign citizens operating under international law and internationalwater. His detention is arbitrary and illegal and must cease immediately,” added the member of the Flow District Committee, Ann Wright.
One of the first ads of the interception has been made by the general coordinator of the French political party La France Insumisa, Manuel Bompard, in contact with the ship’s crewwhere he has on board the deputies Gabrielle Cathala and Emma Fourreau.
“In violation of international law, Israel has just kidnapped the ‘handala’ crew in international waters,” he announced. “The French authorities must condemn this arrest and mobilize for the release of the crew and against the genocide in Gaza,” he added after the deputies advanced that the commands had begun to approach the ship with the intention of addressing it.
“The Israeli army is here. We throw our phones into the sea. See you soon. Alto the genocide,” Fourreau written in his social network X account, now in the hands of his communication team from France.
An hour before, The ship had changed course to the approximation of “alleged ships Military “who were” very close “from the boat, according to the flotilla in a statement. The ship was heading towards the coast of Egypt to navigate” in parallel “without entering Egyptian waters.
