Katz was referring to the Madleen, operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. The U.Okay.-flagged vessel left Italy earlier this month. The coalition described its mission as a “peaceable act of civil resistance,” aiming to ship provides for the folks of Gaza, together with child components, diapers, ladies’s sanitary merchandise, water desalination kits, medical provides, crutches and youngsters’s prosthetics.
The organizers stated Sunday afternoon they had been “about 160 nautical miles from Gaza.” The ship may be tracked on-line.
“Israel’s protection minister has as soon as once more threatened illegal pressure in opposition to civilians, making an attempt to justify violence with baseless smears,” the Freedom Flotilla Coalition stated on Instagram. “We is not going to be intimidated.”
Earlier Sunday, at the very least 5 folks had been killed by gunfire on their method to two assist distribution factors in Gaza run by an Israeli and U.S.-backed group, the Related Press reported.
