Israeli soldiers have boarded the Alma vessel, Middle East Eye can report. Alma is a the lead vessel of the Sumud Flotilla. Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, told MEE.
Albanese said the interception is unlawful under two basic premises. Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip is illegal under international law, Albanese said, adding, “it makes no sense whatsoever.”
The flotilla is roughly 80 nautical miles from the coast of Gaza. Territorial waters extend for maximum 12 nautical miles.
Italian & Spanish warships … just spontaneously sunk themselves to avoid doing anything?
They were only going to escort them up to a certain point, Israel was waiting for that point, once the flotilla reached said point they were on their own and then Israel struck.
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The flotilla never enters Israeli waters. It is sailing to Gaza.
First of all:
The territorial waters of Israel extend into the sea to a distance of twelve nautical miles measured from the appropriate baseline.
And second - both counties said they wouldn’t defend the flotilla even if Israel attacks them in international waters, they were there only to rescue the survivors after the attack.
ie, fucking useless
Where is the escort? I thought there were warships escorting the flotilla. Did they disappear?
They left when they entered the critical zone. This is how enslaved most countries are by this terrorist state
They were never going to defend them.
What I’m waiting for here is the reaction of Italian dockworkers to the Italian frigate doing absolutelly nothing when the Sumud Flotilla was attacked by an Israeli force in International Waters, which is literally an act of Piracy.
Glory to the flotilla
Have previous efforts had 40+ ships simultaneously?
No this is more ships than all previous flotillas combined.
Who is meant to uphold the law here? Even if it was the UK, I suspect our esteemed (not!) Leaders would find a simple reason not to.
115 tons of aid have entered Gaza from Israel/Egypt since the start of this flotilla.
The flotilla is carrying less than half of that.
Reminder this person is a mod on one of the biggest .world communities.
Ah, so that’s why people are saying to avoid .world
At least it’s just a news one. Nothing important or negative would appear there
Thanks, guess I’m making a new account.
Its meant to be symbolic aid and a breaking of the siege.
Which is also far less than the area needs. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/31/the-mathematics-of-starvation-how-israel-caused-a-famine-in-gaza
But yay Israel not even doing bare minimum to prevent starvation?
At gunpoint. At killing fields. By a racist bunch of gangsters. During a fucking genocide.
Still the numbers are irrelevant. The point of the flotilla is to challenge the illegal and immoral blockade of Gaza by the genocidal Israeli apartheid regime. Even if they were carrying a single can of baby formula, the flotilla would still be immensely meaningful.
Where did you get this information?
Israeli state accounts probably
Don’t you mean propaganda accounts?
Exactly the same these days but totally what that particular user would claim
Aaaand he’s gone. Don’t worry about the position of a man who will not defend said position.
