The flotilla with Gaza’s help is prepared for a possible intervention of the Israel Army in international waters | International

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The maritime route faces its last days of crossing. Less than 150 miles (about 240 kilometers) separated the ships of the Palestine Strip on Wednesday. It has been almost a month since the first ships sailed since Barcelona and the next few hours will be decisive. The majority of the 47 vessels that continue the mission “around a dozen have stayed on the road on varied problems – have reached what the organization calls as” possible interception zone “by the Israeli military.

Current position of the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza (Location Maps)

A tense calm prevails among the 530 participants, from 44 countries, according to data from the. What will be your last week. He Captain Nikosthe ship on which the country is on board, lost one of its two engines just entering the morning. Hours later, the electricity of the ship stopped working. In parallel, two sailboats, the Fair Lady and the Johnny MThey also suffered serious problems.

Given this situation, the organization arrested the mission when it was just beginning to dawn. Around 10 am, four hours after the break, the order was given to resume the course to Gaza. However, the last of the aforementioned sailboats could not continue due to a water leak that forced him to launch a mayday. Part of his crew was relocated to other ships, some of them already with remarkable superpoblation. This loss of boats is compensated with the two who sailed from Türkiye and who planned to join the flotilla this Monday.

While the unforeseen nth of the flotilla was resolved, the news between the crew on Israel’s plans began to circulate to prevent their ships from depositing humanitarian aid in Gaza. The Benjamín Netanyahu government has reiterated that it will take the necessary measures to stop this mission, with the warning that the flotilla is aimed at a conflict area, which justifies the intervention of the Israeli army.

Some media, such as I24News television or Israeli channel, offer more details and echo a report that indicates that soldiers have been practicing what the intervention on vessels would be like. That document points out that the interception will occur “this week” and that all those who refuse to sign the document in which they admit that they have illegally entered Israel will be arrested for several days. In the case of the signatories, they will be deported in 24 hours.

The direction of the Flotilla provides that this intervention occurs on Tuesday night or Wednesday. If there are no new unforeseen events, by then the ships should be about 150 miles from the coast of Gaza (about 240 kilometers), so, as, the arrests will occur in international waters, an end that violates international law.

Rima Hassan, Eurodiputada Franco-Palestine that, the ship with humanitarian aid that was intervened in June by Israel, traveled in this flotilla in the Familybut, after the motor problems of this ship, it went up to Captain Nikos. The representative of the left -wing formation The insumisa France gives veracity to the information that arrives on the interception because, he recalls, also in June they received notices the day prior to what qualifies as “kidnapping of the Israeli military.” Therefore, he assures that he is “concentrated”, because he considers that “the risks are very high”, but he hopes that the interception of the flotilla will cause popular mobilizations that involve a “balance of power.” Student movements, dockers and unions from various countries have already announced that they will go to the streets when this happens.

In this sense, Hassan remembers that she was born in a field of Syrian refugees when her parents were forced to leave Palestine, in the Nakba (catastrophe in Arabic) of 1948. This condition, added to the fact that it is the second time she tries to reach Gaza in three months, is an “additional risk” that is willing to assume. In addition, he does not have too many hopes that his Eurodiputada status will help him: “European institutions are accomplices of what Israel is doing. The human rights of the Palestinians are being sacrificed in the EU for defending a genocidal state. I cannot trust those institutions.”

When the night falls, all precautionary measures are triggered. Each mile that advances the flotilla towards Gaza translates into an increase in risks. On board daily meetings are held to remember the protocols for action and security. The recommendation now is to sleep with clothes on, a dress prepared to endure the cold of the night outdoors. Even with shoes. Calls with relatives multiply.

One of the doubts among the crew is how military ships that accompany the flotilla will act. Their boats have made visual contact on Monday with the Furorthe ship sent by the Government of Spain, which adds to that of Italy. In addition, a Turkish military ship has also joined the flotilla, but at the moment it has limited itself to helping the evacuation of the Johnny M that he has not been able to continue moving the humanitarian aid that took the ship to other ships.

The Spanish government has reiterated on Tuesday night to the members of the flotilla that the ship cannot enter the exclusion zone established by the Israeli army and that, therefore, strongly recommends that you give up to continue. Moncloa sources affect that the mission “is commendable and legitimate, but the lives of its members must be above.”

None of the military vessels, in fact, will act in case of interception or attack, since they are only for bailouts. “So what have they come for?” Asked many participants aboard the Captain Nikos.

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