The Madleen ship, launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), is on its way to Gaza with humanitarian aid and human rights activists who protest against Israel's illegal blockade of Gaza.
The ship has sailed since 2 March in response to the total auxiliary block of Israel of the Palestinian enclave, which led to the death of dozens of children as a result of hunger. According to AID groups, more than 90 percent of the 2.3 million people of the enclave are confronted with acute food shortages.
The Madleen, named after Gaza's first and only fishermen, left on 1 June Catania, Sicily, only a month after Israeli drones bombarded Conscience, another freedom flying program, off the coast of Malta.
The journey of 2,000 km (1,250 miles) is expected to take seven days, provided that there are no disturbances.
The location of the ship is monitored live by forensic architecture via the tracking system on board. The last location from 3 June, at 15:00 GMT was approximately 600 km (375 miles) from Sicily.
Who is on board?
There are 12 activists on board the Madleen:
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Greta Thunberg – Swedish climate activist
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Rima Hassan-Frans-Palestinian member of the European Parliament
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Baptiste Andre – France
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Pascal Maurieras – France
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Marco van Rennes – The Netherlands
We do this, because regardless of what opportunities we are against, we must continue to try, because the moment we stop trying is when we lose our humanity.
Through – Greta Thunberg
The FFC has emphasized that all volunteers and crew on board Madleen are trained in non -violence and are unarmed in a peaceful act of civil resistance against Israel's actions in Gaza.
What happened to previous flotillas?
Last month was another ship with help to Gaza hit Through drones in international waters for Malta. The ship had tried to give help after the genocidal blockade of Israel of the besieged enclave.
The FFC said Al Jazeera that the attack on conscience at 12:23 pm local time (10:23 GMT) blown a hole in the ship on 2 May and set the engine on fire.
Fifteen years ago, Israeli commands carried out a deadly attack on Mavi Marmara, the largest ship in a help floor with Turkish activists.
The so -called Gaza Freedom Flotilla wore 10,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid and was explained from Istanbul in an attempt to break Israel's blockade from Gaza. Nine humanitarian volunteers were killed on 31 May 2010.
Gaza has been under an Israeli land, sea and air blockade since 2007.
What help does the ship wear?
According to a press release from the FFC, the Madleen that urgently needs needs by people in Gaza, including medical supplies, flour, rice, baby formula, diapers, ladies, sanitarian products, water degrading kits, crutches and prostheses for children.
Gaza -Honger
One in five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is confronted hungry Due to the three -month total blockade of the Strip of Israel.
According to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, 1.95 million people – 93 percent of the population of the enclave – are confronted with acute food shortages.
The IPC says that the constant blockade of Israel “would probably lead to further massive displacement within and between governor,” because items that are essential for people's survival will be exhausted.
Interactive_gaza_food_ipc_report_may13_2025 Hunger Hunger Need
Despite a assistant distribution organization called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation that is set up last month to provide help to Gaza, the new distribution hub has fallen apart into chaos Within a few hours after opening on 27 May and was marred with even more controversy after deadly shootings Auxiliary distribution sites.
Israel is accused of luring Palestinians to help centers and kill more than 100 of them in the past eight days.
Israel has killed more than 54,000 Palestinians since its devastating offensive launched on October 7, 2023.
