Friday, July 1, 2011

The Humanitarian Mission to Gaza Sabotaged

The humanitarian mission of Palestine on board Mrdiget Marmara (AP Photo/Free Gaza Movement)

VIVAnews – One of the ten ships in the fleet will sail Flotilla heading II Gaza sabotaged by someone unknown. However, the damage is not too severe and not blocking them for sending aid to the Gaza Strip.

Reported by the Associated Press from the page, Tuesday, June 28, 2011, the ship's propeller shaft ' Juliano ' cut when sandar in the port of Piraeus, Greece.

"Fortunately the damage can be repaired as soon as possible before we set off at the end of this week," said a statement issued by activists Sweden.

They say that there are divers who are damaging their ship. This action was done to stop them sail the seas toward the Gaza blockade Israel. "Somebody tried to stop the Flotilla to sail," wrote the statement again.

Ship Juliano is one of 10 ships of the flotilla of humanity ' Free Gaza Movement '. The mission called ' Freedom Flotilla II-Stay Human ' is once again tried to break through the blockade Israel over Gaza. Earlier in the year, Israel attacked the ship Mrdiget Marmara, one of a fleet of its aid, killing a dozen people.

On the upcoming mission, about 10 activists from Indonesia was reported to have joined in this action, although ancamannya is very heavy.

Earlier, military spokesman Israel, Avital Leibovich said that their intelligence report of dangerous chemicals carried by the activists to the militant Hamas.

This was contradicted by one of the organizers, Dror Feiler. He said hundreds of people who take part in the Flotilla has vowed not to perform acts of violence. They also say that they bring pure material assistance, including in the form of building materials to construct a hospital. (sj)

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