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Gaza flotilla organisers say surrounded by Israeli ‘military boats’
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- Add ARY News on Google Athens: The organisers of a flotilla carrying pro-Palestinian activists aiming to break through an Israeli blockade in Gaza said Thursday their boats were surrounded by Israeli “military boats”.
- The flotilla, made up of more than 50 boats, set sail in recent weeks from Marseille in France, Barcelona in Spain and Syracuse in Italy.
- In a post to X overnight, the Global Sumud Flotilla said that Israeli military boats had “illegally surrounded the flotilla in international waters and threatened kidnapping and violence”.
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Add ARY News on Google Athens: The organisers of a flotilla carrying pro-Palestinian activists aiming to break through an Israeli blockade in Gaza said Thursday their boats were surrounded by Israeli “military boats”.
The flotilla, made up of more than 50 boats, set sail in recent weeks from Marseille in France, Barcelona in Spain and Syracuse in Italy.
In a post to X overnight, the Global Sumud Flotilla said that Israeli military boats had “illegally surrounded the flotilla in international waters and threatened kidnapping and violence”.
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