Just a few hours of travel left on the Madleen boat to reach the Gauzeincluding activists, including Greta Tancyberg, with humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. However, today (08.06.2025) the Israel Announcement that he ordered the army to prevent the ship from arriving as it wants to avoid the supply of weapons to Hamas.
Jasmine Akar, a human rights activist and a coordinator of the Freedom Fleet Coalition (FFC) aboard the Madleen of the non -profit organization, said Israel had begun to interrupt their access to the internet as they abstained.
Speaking by Madleen’s boat, the helping ship departed from southern Italy with the aim of providing humanitarian aid to Gaza and challenging Israel’s exclusion, ACAR said that “we have been notified by our land and that we have been in our land. That we could be cut off from the world at any time. “
He said the ship is currently located 116 nautical miles from Gaza, still in international waters, and warned that communication with the outside world could be interrupted at any time.
Referring to the legal and humanitarian impacts of a possible military reaction, Acar said: “We are in international waters heading to Gaza and if something happened to us, that is, if the Israeli defensive forces (IDF) were doing so.
He recalled previous Israeli actions against similar missions, including the 2010 raid on Mavi Marmara, who killed 10 activists, and a recent drone attack on the FFC Conscience near Malta on May 2.
‘The next 24 hours are very critical’
After eight days at sea, the crew intends to reach Gaza until Monday morning, as there is no intervention. So far, Israel has made no direct or indirect contact with the ship.
Akar emphasized the urgency of their mission, stressing that “the next 24 hours are very critical”.
The 12 -member crew remains on a high morale, Akar said, stressing the presence of Swedish activist for the Greta Tuntberg climate and Irish actress Liam Cunningham.
“Madleen is just a small fraction of a global uprising,” he said.
He criticized the silence of the international community against Israel’s aggression and exclusion, saying that “the international community remained silent against this illegal exclusion. We have been saying this for many years, many years and in recent days, we have been a non -violent action. We do not carry weapons. We do not seek violence. “
Their mission, he said, is simple and urgent. “All we are looking for is to bring this help to the hungry population, while people are silent about it and send weapons instead of sending humanitarian aid and lifting the illegal exclusion of Gaza.”
Threats to Madleen
Meantime, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the army Sunday to prevent the ship from reaching Gaza.
The Israeli Navy is preparing to intercept the humanitarian ship as it approaches the territorial waters of Gaza, with plans to redirect it violently in the port of Asdond.
Notifying a photo from his meeting with the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Eyal Zamir and the Navy Commanders, Katz said: “I have ordered the Israeli army to do whatever is necessary to prevent the hate Madleen from the Madleen. I say clearly to the representatives of the anti -Semitic propaganda of Greta and Hamas: Go back, because you will not reach Gaza. “
Madleen’s journey
As part of the latest mission organized by the FFC to rupture Gaza exclusion and surrendering the area, the 18 -meter -long Madleen sailing boat sailed for Gaza on June 1 from the port of San Giovanni Li Cuti in Catania, Sicily.
The ship urgently carries necessary supplies for the Gaza people, such as baby milk, flour, rice, diapers, women’s hygiene, water desalination kit, medical supplies, crutches and baby prosthetic, according to its organizers.
Apart from Tuneberg, another 11 crew members are boarding the boat, including Rima Hassan, a French -based MEP of the Left, who told the French Agency “we will remain in mobilization until the last minute – until Israel and interrupting the internet”.
“We are not afraid” of the Israelis, German activist Yasmine Adjar said, another of the twelve occupants, with the others being six French, one Swedish (tanberg), one Brazilian, one Spaniard.