Boat “You can travel” to Gaza
The Global Sumud Flotilla confirmed “one of the main boats, known as the Portuguese Family Boat”, with Portuguese flag, who was carrying members of the organization’s Directive Committee, “was hit by a” Tunes, Tunisia’s drone.
“The boat was sailing under Portuguese flag and all passengers and crew is well. An investigation is underway and, as soon as there is more information available, it will be released immediately,” added the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) through social networks.
“Acts of aggression intended to intimidate and make our mission unfeasible will not dissuade us,” he also learned to GSF, adding that “the peaceful mission of breaking the siege of Gaza and [se] Solidarize with your people continues with determination and resolution. “
“Flotilha’s main boat (Family) was apparently attacked by a drone in the port of Tunes,” UN special rapporteur to the West Bank and Gaza, Francesca Albanese, in one of various publications on social network X.
Breaking!
Main Flotilla boat (Family) attacked apparently by a drone in Tunis port!
Other 2 boats are on the way to Tunis and they need urgent protection.
– Francesca Albanese, a special rapporteur opt (@franceskalbs)
The rapporteur also said that “two other ships are on their way to Tunes and need urgent protection.”
The Portuguese flag ship suffered only “superficial” damage and “can travel” to Gaza this Wednesday, according to the Tunisine spokesmen of the flotilha.
On Sunday, Portuguese activist Miguel Duarte, who is integrated into the humanitarian flotilha, said to Lusa that the boats who settled on Sunday in Barcelona (Spain) were off the coast of Tunisia, where they would stop to collect more humanitarian aid and make reparations.
In addition to the activist also includes the Flotilha the coordinator of the BE, Mariana Mortágua and actress Sofia Aparício.
Miguel Duarte had lamented the presence of drones to fly over the vessels that departed from Barcelona last week after complaint of the global organization Movement to Gaza, one of those that promoted the global Sumud Flotilla.
The Global Sumud Flotilla, which aims to be “the greatest humanitarian mission in history” with the Palestinian territory of Gaza, initially left Barcelona. ‘Sumud’ is an Arab word meaning resilience.
Israelite forces have ongoing an offensive in the Gaza Strip that caused more than 64,600 dead in the territory ruled by Hamas since 2007.
The offensive followed the attack of Hamas in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which caused about 1,200 dead and 251 hostages.
Israel, who announced an operation to take the city of Gaza in the north of the Enclave, has been accused of genocide and using hunger as a weapon of war, which denies.
The UN declared in August a hunger situation in northern Gaza, which happens for the first time in the Middle East.
