The tension rose from a notch in the eastern Mediterranean after the interception of the international flotilla “Sumud”, which tried to break the maritime blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip. According to sources relayed by Al Jazeerathe Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, went to the port of Ashdod on Thursday, where dozens of arrested activists are subject to interrogations.
Occupation forces have confirmed that they have received more than 250 participantsnow placed under investigation before being transferred to the prison administration. Israeli media report, moreover, that the navy has taken control of 41 ships composing the flotilla, which transported more than 400 international volunteers.
A strong symbolic operation
The “Sumud flotilla” is part of the line of civil and humanitarian initiatives which, for more than a decade, have been trying to rally Gaza by the sea to denounce the blockade in force since 2007. These expeditions, carried by NGOs, political figures and activists, aim to draw international attention to the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave, where more than two million inhabitants live in conditions The UN as “unlivable”.
The Israeli operation against the flotilla immediately aroused solidarity reactions in several capitals. The organizing committee called for a Urgent international intervention To guarantee the safety of volunteers and obtain their release.
