Climate activist Greta Samberg and actor Liam Cunningham joined volunteers sailing to Gaza with relief supplies they say are “limited” but “symbolic”
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Catania, Italy, June 1 (Reuters) – The international nonprofit Freedom Flotilla Union (FFC) said one of its ships will leave Italy’s Catania port on June 1 and head to Gaza to provide humanitarian assistance after previous attempts have failed due to a drone attack on another ship in the Mediterranean.
A crew of volunteers, including climate activist Greta Samberg and Irish actor Liam Cunningham, carry crazy guns.
Another ship run by the group, Conscience, was attacked by two drones just outside Maltese territory in early May. The FFC said Israel was blamed on the incident. Israel did not respond to requests for comment.
“We’re doing this because no matter how much we oppose it, we have to continue to challenge ourselves. The moment we try to stop is when we lose humanity,” Samberg told reporters at a meeting before departure.
She added, “No matter how dangerous this mission is, it is not as dangerous as the silence of the world facing a massacre of life.”
The FFC said the trip was “not a charity. It is a non-violent and direct action to challenge illegal siege and war crimes in Israel.”
The situation in Gaza is the worst since the war between Israel and Hamas’ militants began 19 months ago, the UN said on May 30 despite resuming limited delivery of aid in Palestinian enclaves.
Israel ended its 11-week lockdown in Gaza under growing global pressure, allowing the resumption of limited UN-LED operations.
On June 2nd, a new path for aid was also launched – the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation – supported by the US and Israel, but the UN and international aid groups refused to work, saying it had a distribution model that forced the displacement of the Palestinians rather than neutral.
(A secret report of Danilo Arnone of Catania and Julia of Rome.)
