The human rights group “Free Gaza Movement” reports that at 5am (UST) its shipment of humanitarian aid is being attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters.
They say their boat “Dignity” has been surrounded by at least half-a-dozen Israeli warships and they are firing live ammunition and have rammed the civilian craft causing an unknown amount of damage.
The Israeli navy is demanding that the Dignity return to Cyprus thus preventing the badly needed humanitarian aid reaching Gaza’s hospitals.
We are told there are 15 civilian passengers representing 11 different countries. They say: “At 05.00 hours (UST) Israeli warships began surrounding the Dignity. At 6:45am (UST) brief contact was established with the crew and were told that the ship had been rammed by the Israeli Navy in international waters, and that the Israelis were preventing the ship from finding safe harbor. We heard heavy gunfire in the background before all contact was lost with the Dignity.”
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