Israeli Defense Minister threatens to use “all necessary measures” to stop Gaza’s aid ship
Israel’s defense minister threatened to “take all necessary measures” to prevent humanitarian ships from carrying climate movements from arriving in Gaza.
Madleen, a ship run by the militant group Freedom Flotilla Alliance (FFC), said it is trying to reach the shores of the territory to bring symbolic aid and raise international awareness of the continuing humanitarian crisis.
But on Sunday, Israeli Katz ordered the Israeli military to stop the ship from reaching anywhere near Gaza.
“I have instructed the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] Take action to make the hatred fleet…not reach the coast of Gaza and take all the necessary measures,” Katz said in a statement.
“Greta against anti-Semitic [Thunberg] Her friend responded to Hamas’s publicity and I made it clear: You’d better look back – because you won’t be in Gaza. Israel will take any measures to break the blockade or assist terrorist organizations through sea, air and land. ”
Thunberg said she was on the mission: “Because the moment we stopped trying is the moment we lost humanity”, and he rejected Israel’s previous anti-Semitism accusations.
On board next to her 10 other militants, from Germany, France, Brazil, Turkey, Sweden, Spain and the Netherlands. These include Rima Hassan, a French parliamentarian of the European Parliament, who was banned from entering Israel.
They responded to Kaz on Sunday, saying: “The statement of the Israeli Defense Minister is another example of Israel’s threat of illegal use of force against civilians and seek to justify the violence against smearing.
“We won’t be scared,” it added. “The world is looking.”
As of Sunday night, Madleen, which leaves the port of Catania in Sicily, Italy on June 1, is about 160 nautical miles from Gaza.
“We are closely monitoring the situation,” the FFC said. “We remain calm, unwavering and ready for the possibility of an Israeli attack. We reaffirm our call on the world government to demand Israel’s stand. Israel has no right to prevent our efforts to reach Gaza.”
Israel’s blockade of Gaza has been around for many years, and even after Hamas attacked Israel, the Israel-Hamas war broke out, with 1,200 people, mostly civilians, killed and 251 people being held hostage.
Nearly three months later, it eased slightly in mid-May, leaving the territory limited to humanitarian assistance. But malnutrition is spreading, with medical staff and aid workers warning that UN officials have described Gaza as “the hungry place on the planet.”
Kaz said on Sunday that this is crucial to Israel’s national security as it tries to destroy Hamas. “The State of Israel does not allow anyone to break the naval blockade in Gaza, and the main purpose of Gaza is to prevent the transfer of weapons to Hamas,” he said.
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According to Gaza health authorities, more than 54,000 Palestinians died during the Israeli attacks and most of the territory was reduced to ruins.
Critics say Israel plans to focus the hubs of private security contractors and the Israeli military in the hub and are provided by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
Palestinian physicians and officials said at least four people were killed Sunday and others were injured by a fire in Israel on Sunday, about a kilometer from the food distribution point in Gaza. The death toll has increased the number of people killed in Gaza when they were seeking food since the GHF caused a civilian food supply on May 27. More than 1,000 people were injured.
Israel said it expects to intercept the fleet within the next 48 hours.
Before we put Sicily cream on Madleen on Madleen, Thunberg told reporters: “We say this: “We do this because no matter what chance we are going to encounter, we must keep working hard because no matter how dangerous the danger of our loss of humanity is, it is a danger in the whole world, even if it is a dangerous danger.”
Thunberg, who became an internationally renowned climate activist after her native Sweden organized protests, had boarded a free fleet last month with a conscience. It was blown up by drones in international waters beside Malta and in international waters heading towards the Palestinian territory.