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Flotilha arrives in Tunisia
Spain’s government indicates that the alleged attack on the vessel, called ‘Family’, “had nothing to do with a drone,” “a strange fact that needs to be investigated.”
O Spanish government Reiterated this Tuesday the diplomatic support for the flotilla that intends to reach Gaza and said that the alleged to one of the boats “It had nothing to do with a drone“, Being“ a strange fact, which we need to investigate ”.
“The information I have at this time, which inform the tunisin authorities, is that it has nothing to do with a drone, but it is some another type of accident or incident ”said the Minister of Foreign Affairs (MNE) of Spain, Jose Manuel Albares.
“In any case, there is a strange fact, to put you at this time a diplomatic label, with the information I have in my hands, that you need to investigate,” added Albares.
The minister reiterated that the Spaniards aboard the global Sumud Flotilla, including the former mayor of Barcelona There is colauhave “all protection Consular, but also all the diplomatic protection of Spain.
Aboard the boat where an explosion occurred Last dawn were four Spanish and everyone is fine, Albares said, who considered that the desirable was that there was no flotillas trying to break “a humanitarian block” to the Palestinian territory of Gaza and that help massively enter terrestrial.
Global Sumud Flotilla said that “one of the main boats” who are part of the Portuguese flag that carried members of the organization’s directive committee, “was hit by a drone”In Tunes, capital of Tunisia.
“The boat sailed under Portuguese flag And all passengers and crew are well. A investigation And as soon as there is more information available, it will be released immediately, ”added the Global Sumud Flotilla through social networks.
“O Flotilha’s main boat (Family) was apparently attacked by a drone in the port of Tunes“It also denounced the United Nations Special Rapporteur for West Bank and Gaza, Francesca Albanesein one of several in the social network X.
“Os acts of aggression intended to intimidate and unfeasible Our mission will not dissuade us. The peaceful mission to break the siege of Gaza and sympathize with its people continues with determination and resolution, ”adds Albanese.
The rapporteur also said that “two other ships are on their way to Tunes and need urgent protection.”
This It’s not the first time that activists of a flotilla to Gaza claim to have been attacked by drones. A ship called Consciousness that was on the way to the Palestinian enclave would also have been attacked to Largo on the coast of Malta in May 2025, recalls the.
It is not clear how damaged the familyone of the largest vessels in the flotilla. It is not a sailboat, but a recess yacht. There are several other large sailing vessels in the group, although many of the flotilla boats are sailboats.
Flotilha three Portuguese are integrated: the deputy and leader of the Left Bloc Marian Mortáguathe Portuguese activist Miguel Duarte and the actress Sofia Aparício.
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.
