GAZA, (The Palestine Foundation Pakistan)The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) said on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation army attacked its convoy of boats and intercepted several aid-laden vessels in international waters as they were sailing towards Gaza.
FFC said that Israeli forces “hijacked its humanitarian fleet,” adding that the “ships were illegally intercepted. Participants, humanitarians, doctors and journalists from across the world, have been taken against their will and are being held in unknown conditions.”
Among the hijacked boats was “Conscience,” which was carrying 93 journalists, doctors and activists.
“The Israeli military has no legal jurisdiction over international waters,” it said. “Our flotilla poses no harm.”
The ships carried aid worth more than $110,000 in medicines, respiratory equipment and nutritional supplies intended for Gaza’s hospitals and starving people, it added on its Instagram account.
The incident was the second such event in recent days after Israeli forces had intercepted about 40 vessels and detained more than 450 activists in an aid convoy, the Global Sumud Flotilla, that was also attempting to deliver supplies to Gaza.
