The Global Sumud Flotilla has detected several drones flying over the ships that in what is the greatest attempt to break the Israeli block of Gaza by sea. This has denounced in a video the German activist Yasemin Care. “We are approximately 90 nautical miles from the island of Menorca and […] The information we are receiving is that Each ship at this time has a drone“He said.
According to care, the different crews of each boat are “very closely observing” the drones “trying to find out” of what kind they are, although for now they understand that “They are probably” surveillance.
It is not the first time that Care faces the presence of drones. The activist already traveled on the Mamleen boat also with Greta Thunberg. On that journey, several drones chased the ship since they passed through Greece. “First, a four -propelled drone that we do not know where it came from, and then three drones that Frontex uses and that Greece has yielded to Israel, large drones, like a military plane, Heron 1. Israel sold them to Greece and Greece has been ceded to Frontex,” Toribio said once deported to Spain.
This Tuesday, almost all of the twenty ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla that came out on Monday from the port of Barcelona They are already navigating Tunisia to join many other ships that will seek to reach gaza loaded with humanitarian aid. Only five of the smallest vessels have been forced to return to the coast “due to extreme climatic conditions.”
Although the origin of drones and their intention is unknown, The Israel government has threatened all the members of the flotilla. According to the plan that the Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir presented Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to all people embarked on each of the ships. Unlike what he did in previous cases such as those of the MADLEEN or HANDALA FLOOTS, The Israeli government does not plan to deport activists, but their intention is to keep them in “prolonged detention”.
For the organizers of the Global Sumud Flotilla, Israel’s warnings are not any surprise. A few days ago, one of the coordinators, the HispanoPalestino activist Saif Abukeshek, who Israel’s reaction “will depend on the pressure made internationally.” “The way in which Israel acts always responds to the complicity of governments and states. Now it will go on the same line. It will depend on political pressure, whether governments do their job. We will do ours, and if we do it, it is because governments have failed in their main responsibility, protect people,” he said.
