Yasemin Acar, a Turkish activist aboard the Madleen – a vessel operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition en path to Gaza – warned Sunday that any Israeli assault on the civilian support ship would quantity to “yet another war crime.”
“If Israel attacks us, it would just be another addition to their long list of war crimes,” Acar stated throughout a dwell broadcast on social media.
“They’re the ones armed. We carry no weapons – only humanitarian aid,” she added. “People need to understand: We are civilians, and this is strictly a humanitarian mission.”
“I feel like I always have to repeat this because of Israel’s propaganda,” she stated.
As a part of the newest mission organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition to interrupt the blockade on Gaza and ship support, the 18-meter crusing boat Madleen set sail June 1 from the Port of San Giovanni Li Cuti in Catania, Sicily.
The ship is carrying urgently wanted provides for the individuals of Gaza, together with child formulation, flour, rice, diapers, ladies’s sanitary merchandise, water desalination kits, medical provides, crutches and youngsters’s prosthetics, in line with organizers.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has ordered the army to forestall the vessel from reaching Gaza.
The Israeli navy is making ready to intercept the humanitarian vessel because it approaches Gaza’s waters, with plans to forcibly redirect it to the port of Ashdod.
Source: www.dailysabah.com