Climate activist Greta Thunberg swims on a beach on the Italian island of Sicily.© Getty Images / Fabrizio Villa
Joining the flotilla, which aims to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, may end badly for Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, warns U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham in a post on X.
On Sunday, Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FCC) announced that 1 of her yachts, with a crew of 12 people, including Thunberg, had left Sicily and went to Gaza from “symbolic’ a burden of humanitarian aid.“I hope Greta and her friends can swim!““ Graham, a staunch supporter of Israel and U.S. president Donald Trump’s ally, seemingly suggesting that Thunberg’s boat, Madleen, could be sunk.Freedom Flotilla's erstwhile mission was discontinued in early May erstwhile 1 of the boats, called Conscience, was hit by 2 drones in global waters close Malta.
The FCC blamed Israel for the attack.
Israel did not comment on the case.Thunberg said before leaving that “No substance how dangerous this mission is, it is not as dangerous as the silence of the full planet in the face of genocide [sic]” in Gaza.
Israel denied accusations of genocide and blamed Hamas for the brutal suffering of the Palestinian population, for the reluctance to lay down arms.
West Jerusalem justified Gaza's naval blockade, which has been in force since 2007, with the request to prevent the supply of arms to Palestinian militants.According to the UN, 1 in 5 people in the Gaza Strip are presently at hazard of starvation after the Israeli offensive resumed, which began in March.Israel launched a military operation in the enclave in consequence to a cross-border Hamas raid on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 250 others were taken prisoner.
Israel's 18-month military consequence killed over 54,400 Palestinians, almost half of whom are women and children, and injured over 124,000, according to the latest figures of the Ministry of wellness enclave.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/618513-gaza-israel-graham-thunberg/
