An international humanitarian effort, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, plans to depart from Istanbul with four ships, carrying 5.5k tonnes of aid and 1k human rights observers to Gaza. Despite Israeli threats, activists are determined to deliver aid to war-torn Gaza.
Three Bay Area residents arrived in Istanbul, Turkey last week to join the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, an international aid group that said it would attempt to break through Israel’s naval blockade to deliver 5,500 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea. https://t.co/LnW9ZDASgI
Activists Prepare to Set Sail on Gaza Freedom Flotilla https://t.co/1QuUegmd3q
An international humanitarian relief effort in the form of a "Freedom Flotilla Coalition" is readying to leave the western Turkish port of Tuzla and bring much-needed relief to residents of war-torn Gaza https://t.co/N3bsI7UBW8 https://t.co/HO15LNDOg2
A group of human rights organisations is set to send four ships to Gaza from Turkey next week. Two ships are designated for activists, while a third will carry 5.5 tonnes of humanitarian aid. Another ship is expected to join from Italy https://t.co/J9KxWH66qs
Freedom Flotilla activists determined to set sail to Gaza despite Israeli threats https://t.co/he5FX59ZxW
I wrote about the @GazaFFlotilla, which sets sail from Istanbul on Sunday carrying 5.5k tonnes of aid + 1k human rights observers (the UK's largest Gaza aid drop post-7 October weighed just 2k tonnes) https://t.co/GFQIUzMEt1