The Marina de Israel ha intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla at a distance of 70 nautical miles from the coast of Gaza. The military operation that Israel had already confirmed in the event that humanitarian ships did not stop, local time (one less in peninsular Spain) and is being developed since then.
An indeterminate number of military vesselsaround 20 according to the crew, they have intervened to cut the passage to the dozens of ships that make up the humanitarian flotilla. With departure from Barcelona and other points from Europe weeks ago, the contingent has been approaching Gaza with Food and medicine shipments For the Gazatí population.
The first to suffer the interception of Israel has been the ‘Alma‘, as they have denounced Arlin Medranoone of the members of the broad international crew, composed of hundreds of activistsamong them Around 40 Spaniards.
In a message shared by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, a Marina responsible warning to the flotilla they are entering an “low block” area and that if they want to deliver humanitarian aid they do it for the “established ways.”
This has responded by the GSF spokesman alleging that the Israeli blockade is “illegal” and that they rejected backwards, after which the passage of the flotilla has been intercepted, in a long process to Monitor the content of the ships and its crews.
The clash was assumed. A message sent an hour before and published in the networks of the Global Sumud Flotilla warned of the “imminent” arrival of an Israeli naval command. After detailing the first problems with the GPS signal inside the flotilla, its members launched a preventive SOS: “Watch people on board, contact their embassies and demand to his government to stop allowing Israel’s crimes. “
During the night of Tuesday and the morning of Wednesday, the GSF crew denounced the “intimidating” attacks by Israelwhich has been demanding the arrest of the collective.
