The Global Flotilla Sumud reported in the early hours of Thursday that Thirty of their ships continue to sail to Gaza and are 46 nautical miles of the enclave coast (about 85 kilometers), while Israel’s army has intercepted 13 ships From Wednesday night.
“We continue to sail,” says a publication on the Instagram page of the organization, which date this last update at 02:20 hours. “The illegal interceptions of Israel will not dissuade us. We continue with our mission to break the blockade and open a humanitarian corridor“He adds. At least thirteen ships of the flotilla have been intercepted by Israel still in international waters: in addition to the soul, adara and Sirius, which were the first three, the Aurora, Dir Yassine, the great Blu, the Hio, the Huga, El Morgana, El Otaria, the Seulle, the Specter and the Yulara have also been arrested.
The initiative, which transports humanitarian aid to Gaza, has denounced that Israeli maritime forces They rammed one of their boats and attacked others with water cannons Since the interceptions began on Wednesday night. He also claims not to have information about the nearly 200 crew of the ships held by Israel.
In another video posted on his social networks, a Sumud flotilla spokesman confirmed that, among the volunteers aboard the intercepted vessels, are 30 Spanish peoplein addition to 22 Italian, 21 Turks, 12 from Malaysia, 11 from Tunisia, 11 from Brazil and ten of France. Nine people from Ireland, eight from Algeria, seven from the United States, seven from Germany, six from the United Kingdom, four from Norway, four from Sweden, and three from Morocco, Jordan, Poland, Mexico and Portugal are also between the United States, Poland, Mexico and Portugal. In addition, there are two citizens of Kuwait, Colombia and Switzerland respectively and one from the Czech Republic, Mauritania, Austria, Bulgaria, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Bahrain, Netherlands, Finland, South Africa and Slovakia.
In spite of that, the spokesman of the Flotilla said that the remaining 30 ships are “making their way away from the military ships” of Israel “trying to reach the banks of Gaza.” “They are determined, they are motivated“He added.
