The Israeli Overseas Ministry stated early on Monday morning {that a} Gaza-bound ship carrying a dozen pro-Palestinian activists and a few assist had been diverted towards Israeli shores and that its passengers had been anticipated to return to their residence nations.
Israel had vowed on Sunday to forestall the ship from reaching Gaza, saying its navy would use “any means mandatory” to cease it from breaching an Israeli naval blockade of the enclave.
The civilian ship, known as the Madleen, has been working below the auspices of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a world grass-roots marketing campaign that opposes the practically two-decade-old blockade of Gaza. The ship set sail from Sicily on June 1. The passengers included the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and Rima Hassan, a member of the European Parliament.
“The ‘selfie yacht’ of the ‘celebrities’ is safely making its strategy to the shores of Israel,” the Israeli international ministry wrote on social media on Monday. It accused “Greta and others” of trying “to stage a media provocation whose sole objective was to achieve publicity.” The ministry later posted video of what it stated had been the passengers, who had been sporting life jackets and being supplied sandwiches and water.
The posts got here quickly after the Freedom Flotilla Coalition introduced that alarms had sounded and drones had been over the ship, then stated it had misplaced contact with the Madleen. The group stated the activists had been “kidnapped” by the Israeli navy.
About The Author
