The Global Sumud Flotilla reported early Tuesday that one of its ships may have been targeted by a drone strike while en route to Gaza, according to Reuters.
Organizers said that despite the incident, every passenger and crew member was unharmed.
At the time of the reported strike, the vessel was berthed at the port of Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia.
Yet Tunisia’s National Guard disputed those claims, saying no drone had been detected in the skies above the harbor where the ship was moored.
Officials explained that the inquiry is still underway, but preliminary indications suggest the damage may have stemmed from a technical failure on the vessel itself.
The flotilla consists of 20 boats that launched from Barcelona last Monday. They arrived in Tunisia on Sunday, where local activists joined the mission and additional supplies were loaded before continuing on toward Gaza.
Originally scheduled to leave Tunis on Sunday, the convoy’s departure was pushed off to Wednesday. Organizers said the delay was due to “technical and logistical reasons beyond management’s control.”
Among those taking part are Swedish environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg and Ada Colau, the former mayor of Barcelona who ended her city’s official ties with Israel while in office. The effort has also drawn backing from actors Susan Sarandon and Liam Cunningham, best known for his role in HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”
Thunberg had previously been expelled from Israel in June after joining another Gaza-bound flotilla, the Madleen, which the IDF stopped at sea.
Despite accusations that participants were “kidnapped” by the IDF—claims made in prerecorded videos—the activists were provided with food and water.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry later noted that the Madleen carried less than one truckload of aid, which was redirected through official humanitarian channels to Gaza.
{Matzav.com}
They should be executed as collaborators with Hamas the same way that Hamas execute collaborators with Israel