The Israel Foreign Ministry said Thursday that it managed to transfer the naval blockade imposed by the Israel Defense Forces (FDI) on the Gaza Strip. “Provocation is over”, The entity has said in a message posted on its social networks.
According to the Ministry, “all passengers are safe and with good health. We are transferring them to Israel, from where they will be deported to Europe.” Besides, In a clear mockery tone towards the volunteers who intended to break the inhuman block perpetrated by Israel, He referred again to the ships as “Yates” and linked its members with the Hamás group.
Despite this, the Benjamin Netanyahu government said There is still “a last ship of this provocation“, which for the moment has not approached the so -called” active combat zone. “In case of doing so, they warned that it will be intercepted like the rest of the flotilla. For its part, the Israeli army has begun to transfer the detainees to the port of Apodod, in a process prior to its formal arrest and subsequent deportation.
Meanwhile, they denounced that They do not have information about the whereabouts of 443 of the participants of the humanitarian mission. In addition, they said that the volunteers were subjected to attacks with water cannons and exposed to contaminated water. They also denounced that their communications were systematically blocked since Wednesday night.
One of the main concerns of the legal team of the Global Sumud Flotilla, Adalah, is the state of health in which the almost five hundred activists will arrive in Israel. According to sources from the organization, They hope to confirm the identity of the detainees once they are transferred to the port of ApDod.
It is expected that some of the activists can be declared on hunger. Among the detainees are 47 people with Spanish nationalityas well as representatives of several Latin American countries: thirteen Brazilians, six Mexicans, three Argentines, two Colombians and two Uruguayans.
Brussels asks for respect for navigation right
For its part, the European Commission He has requested Thursday to respect international law and the right of navigation. In a press conference from Brussels, Paula Pinho, the main spokesman for the commission, requested that the international standards “also in international waters” be respected, without wanting to go into more details about Israel’s actions.
Regarding the crew protection of the intercepted ships, the community spokeswoman for Crisis Management, Eva Hrncirova, said that It is the responsibility of the national authorities Through its consular services and said that the European Commission has not received assistance requests or maintain direct contact with the members of the flotilla.
