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Freedom Flotilla With Aid to Gaza Continues to Prepare for Departure – Foundation

© YouTube screenshotGaza Freedom Flotilla ship 'Freedom' makes call in European ports on its way to Gaza, May 2018
Gaza Freedom Flotilla ship 'Freedom' makes call in European ports on its way to Gaza, May 2018 - Sputnik International, 1920, 21.04.2024
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ISTANBUL, (Sputnik) - Organizers of the new Freedom Flotilla with humanitarian shipment for the Gaza Strip continue preparations for its upcoming departure despite reports of talks between Turkiye and Israel to change the route, Turkish humanitarian relief foundation IHH told Sputnik.
On Sunday, Israeli news portal Ynet reported that Israeli and Turkish authorities were allegedly discussing sending the Freedom Flotilla to the Gaza Strip via Egypt to prevent a repeat of the events of 2010, when Israeli commandos intercepted a ship of the flotilla after it tried to breach the Gaza blockade, which resulted in deaths of 10 Turkish nationals.
"Preparations for the departure of the flotilla are proceeding as usual," the foundation said.
The flotilla is scheduled to depart after April 24, IHH added.
The foundation previously did not rule out possible problems with the flotilla's attempts to reach Gaza, but added that there would be no security on the ships. Activists from some 60 countries, as well as journalists, will take part in the trip. Israel might stop the activists in international waters and arrest everybody on the boats or it might allow the passage, co-founder of the peace group CODEPINK Medea Benjamin had earlier told Sputnik.
The Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition was established in 2010 by the Free Gaza Movement and the Turkish Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH). The coalition aims to support the Palestinian people and deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip by breaking the Israeli blockade of the enclave.
A man walks with the Israeli flag past a camp set up by people who are protesting against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group near the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem - Sputnik International, 1920, 19.04.2024
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