The aid calls launched from the Global Sumud Flotilla, which last night, have found an answer in the Italian government. Giorgia Meloni Government Defense Minister Guido Crosetto has reported the sending of a military frigate “to guarantee assistance to Italian citizens of the flotilla.” “Last night, at 3.50, despite finding me in Estonia, After a meeting with the Chief of the General Staff of the Defense and a rapid and summary evaluation of the incident, I spoke with the Prime Minister and authorized the immediate intervention of the Fasan Multipurpose Frigate of the Italian Navywho sailed north of Crete as part of Operation Mare Sicuro, “Crosetto said in.
Italian government’s decision has been welcomed “with satisfaction” from the organization of the flotillawhich has celebrated that Minister Crosetto has recognized “the democratic and non -violent character” of a mission that seeks to open a humanitarian corridor in Gaza, “as well as his condemnation of recent attacks.” After announcing the shipment of the military ship, the Italian minister expressed his “most energetic condemnation” to the “attack suffered in the last hours by the ships of the flotilla perpetrated with drones by unidentified authors.” “In a democracy, even manifestations and protests must be protected when they are carried out in accordance with international law and without resorting to violence,” he added.
Now, the members of the Flotilla expect all the UN Member States, “and in particular those whose citizens are aboard the ships, guarantee and facilitate effective protection, including maritime escort, accredited diplomatic observers and a manifest state protective presence.” “Italy has taken a first step in this direction”they point out from the Sumud Flotilla. The organization comments, on the other hand, that all these “measures must maintain a protective and facilitating character, in line with the principles of non -interference and the humanitarian purpose” of the mission. “Therefore, We urge other states to follow the example [de Italia] and provide a protective presence to guarantee the safe traffic of its citizens and respect international law“.
From Spain, for now, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected the constant threats of the Israel government and has reaffirmed that “it will provide all diplomatic and consular protection to the flotilla. In a statement, the minister, José Manuel Albares, recalled the peaceful and humanitarian character of the initiative and has assured that Spain” will react to any act that violates its freedom of movement, its freedom of movement, its freedom of expression. of the PSOE, however, some political formations claim more facts. “This includes the articulation of an international and defensive military operation that dissupped the attacks and guarantees a safe step up (and in) Gaza”Belarra adds in the letter.
Tonight, with the ships already to a few hundred nautical miles of the Gazati waters, whose access has been blocked since 2007 by Israel, The Global Sumud Flotilla denounced an “alarmingly dangerous escalation”. As reported, Several civil vessels “were attacked by unmanned drones”. “The attacks included the deployment of explosive and incendiary devices, the deliberate dispersion of chemical substances on the ships, the deactivation of emergency communication devices and physical damage calculated and designed to leave the useless vessels and endanger the volunteers on board,” they warned. This is the third attack suffered by the flotilla after two of the ships were already beaten with objects thrown by drones in a port of Tunisia.
These attacks occurred shortly after the Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar asked the flotilla to bend in the Israeli port of Ashkelon “and download the aid there, from where it will be quickly and coordinatedly transferred to the Gaza Strip.” Since it is obvious, the organization of the flotilla disruptions its proposal, which comes from a country to which the United Nations accuses of blocking the entry of humanitarian aid and causing a famine that has already killed hundreds of boys and girls. “Israel’s history of intercepting ships, blocking convoys and restricting routes demonstrates that its intention is not to facilitate help, but control it, delay it and denied it,” they replied from the Sumud Flotilla, which they already saw in the message of Gideon Saar the preparation of the “land for greater escalation.”
