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A ship carrying pro-Palestinian militants and humanitarian supplies was seized by the Israeli Navy as it was attempting to cross the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The Ship Al-Awda – "The Return" Part of the Freedom Flotilla, carrying 22 people from 16 nations when it was stopped by IDF ships (IDF) ) and redirected to the nearby city of Ashdod.
After Haaretz the Navy declared that the ship "had been tracked and captured in accordance with international law" before being towed to the nearby port.
Israeli Navy Ships maneuver at the military port of Ashdod, in southern Israel, on July 29, before intercepting the Al-Awda ship. JACK GUEZ / AFP / Getty Images
According to the organizers, the ship was hoping to break what they view as an illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip, which has Israel and Egypt have largely buckled the shield since the Islamist group Hamas took control of the coastal enclave and its 2 million inhabitants in 2007. The flotilla hoped to attract the Attention to the poor humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip. [19659002CitationandmembershipofmembersofcontrolledjamesJamesGodfreyaFrenchPlot-parolofferillaCoalitiondeclaredthecauseof Al-Awda was conducted with significant violence. The ship was approached by four warships before being approached by Israeli soldiers, he told Newsweek and those on board were "violently attacked" while the communications of the boat were cut. people were electrocuted, some people were handcuffed extremely tightly, "said Godfrey, claiming" there was blood on the bridge "once the action ended. Ann Wright, a coordinator of the US-based Coalition, said the ship's captain and engineer had been beaten by soldiers while a 1945-year-old 1945 doctor was attacked and handcuffed
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A spokesman for the IDF told Newsweek that they had not received any report from violence or physical contact during the seizure of the ship. The spokesman said the crew had been transferred to the local police once the boat was towed to Ashdod.
Godfrey said five people had already been released, including two journalists from Al Jazeera ] Two Israeli citizens – Yonatan Shapira and Al-Awda ship's chief Zohar Chamberlain Regev, have been accused of attempting to travel to Gaza and to have plotted to commit a crime. Both were released on bail provided they do not attempt to travel to Gaza or contact other people from the boat.
Godfrey said that two of the crew members still in detention have started a hunger strike in protest. and Wright added that the rest of the crew are gradually released and sent back to their home country
. A statement issued by the Coalition stated that the Norwegian-flagged vessel was in international waters at the time of its seizure. The statement urged the Norwegian government and the governments of all detainees "to intervene and demand the immediate and unconditional release of Al-Awda and all that was on board, including all participants and the Medical aid Godfrey says another boat carrying 15 other activists was heading to Gaza and that it should arrive in the waters around the Strip in the coming days
. was violently attacked by Israeli commandos, killing 10 activists and 10 wounded soldiers, and activists from other ships were detained and deported in the days following the incident.
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