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The Freedom Flotilla is aiming to provide aid to Gazans in defiance of an Israeli blockade




May 30, 2010  — Israel attacks international Humanitarian aid convoy in international waters
kills 16.  More than 50 wounded
Israel 'attacks' Gaza aid fleet

Israeli forces have attacked a flotilla of aid-carrying ships aiming to break the country's siege on Gaza, according to a Turkish aid agency being quoted by Turkish media.

Organisers of the flotilla carrying 10,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid then diverted their ships and slowed down to avoid a confrontation during the night.

They also issued all passengers life jackets and asked them to remain below deck.

Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin, reporting from Jerusalem, said the Israeli action was suprising.

"All the images being shown from the activists on board those ships show clearly that they were civilians and peaceful in nature, with medical supplies on board. So it will surprise many in the international community to learn what could have possibly led to this type of confrontation," he said.

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists, including a Nobel laureate and several European legislators, are with the flotilla, aiming to reach Gaza in defiance of an Israeli embargo.

But Israel has said it will not allow the flotilla to reach the Gaza Strip and vowed to stop the six ships from reaching the coastal Palestinian territory.

The flotilla had set sail from a port in Cyprus on Sunday and aimed to reach Gaza by Monday morning.

Israel said the boats were embarking on "an act of provocation" against the Israeli military, rather than providing aid, and that it had issued warrants to prohibit their entrance to Gaza.

It asserted that the flotilla would be breaking international law by landing in Gaza, a claim the organisers rejected.

At least two people were killed and more than 30 people injured when Israeli troops stormed the Freedom Flotilla early on Monday.

The flotilla was attacked when it was 65km off the Gaza coast.

Footage from the flotilla's lead vessel, the Mavi Marmara, appeared to show armed Israeli soldiers boarding the ship and helicopters flying overhead.

Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal, on board the Mavi Marmara, said Israeli troops had used live ammunition during the operation.

Earlier, the Israeli navy had contacted the captain of the Mavi Marmara, asking him to identify himself and say where the ship was headed.

Israeli intervention

Shortly after, two Israeli naval vessels had flanked the flotilla on either side, but at a distance.
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Pictures from the Challenger 1, 30th May 2010.mov
May 30, 2010  — Slide show from the Challenger 1
Mediterranean Sea, 30th May 2010, in the morning.
Images by Scott Hamann, passenger on Challenger 1

They have started their engines.



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Washington DC demands safe passage for the Gaza Freedom Flotilla

May 30, 2010  — May 27, 2010 Protest at Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, Demanding that Israel allow safe passage for the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and allow the desperately needed aid to reach Gaza. Israel threatens to stop the flotilla at any price.
Unlike previous Free Gaza boats, this flotilla includes large vessels. 2 cargo and 6 passenger ships will be carrying substantial amounts of reconstruction supplies, medical supplies, and school supplies, and 600 passengers from 50 countries, including USA. It cannot afford to fail. End Israel's three year long siege and running.
www.freegaza.org
www.gazafreedommarch.org
www.witnessgaza.com



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Radio contact with Cyprus Police/Challenger 1 28th May 2010
The Challenger 1, Free Gaza passenger boat among the Freedom Flotilla, while holding for the other boats to join, close to Cyprus waters, has been contacted via radio by a Cipriot Police Helicopter. This video is recording the converstation. May 28th, 2010

Shane Dillon (Mate on Challenger 1 commented :
"it is rather shocking that an EU Country refused to let members of another EU Country's Parliament into its port on a humanitarian mission."

images by Scott Hamann, passenger and Fiachra O Luain, crew on board.



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Pro-Palestinian activists demo in support of Gaza flotilla

Anustup Roy, Press TV, Paris

Fri, 28 May 2010 22:53:45 GMT

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Gaza flotilla due to leave southern Turkey
Three boats that will form part of a flotilla hoping to break the siege of Gaza are due to leave a port in southern Turkey.

They are to link up with six other vessels off the coast of Cyprus, before heading to the Gaza Strip. But Israel says it will stop the flotilla before it reaches its destination - and arrest all on board.

Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall reports from Antalya. [27 May 10]



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Gaza on My Mind, FG Boat Departed
Ewa Jasiewicz , Free Gaza Movement volunteer, talks about the siege of Gaza and the emergency to act, that we, citizen of the world, are feedling deep in our heart.

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