The Coalition Fleeta de la Labertad is sailing this Sunday with its Handala ship from the Italian port of Siracuse for a new attempt to break the Israeli block and provide humanitarian aid in Gaza Strip After the approaches of the Israeli special forces in international waters to previous courts.
“Let’s swim againThe field on July 13, 2025, our ship “Handala” will leave of Syracuse, ItalyTo break the illegal blockade of Israel. This mission for Gaza children“The group published in a statement last week. This Civil boat that transfers vital humanitarian help to save life And “the message of the solidarity of people around the world, who refuse to remain silent while gas is dying of hunger, falls asleep and buried under the debris.”
This trip will Doctors, lawyers and activists -Features, journalists and organizers of the communityThe field “We are not a government, we are people who act when institutions fail,” they sealed.
The ship receives its own The name of a well -known animated character“A barefoot refugee who gives a face of injustice and swears not to give up until Palestine becomes free.” “This ship has its own spirit and every girl and a boy from Gaza, who is denied safety, dignity and pleasure,” they said.
“Handala” He made a trip to several ports of Northern Europe and United Kingdom In 2023 and 2024 In order to “break the media -blockade” and “informed people, the creation of solidarity” with press conferences, artistic works and “acts of political education in every port that he visited.” “This mission occurs only a week after Illegal attack of Israel on MadlinAnother ship of Flita de la Libertada is illegal from Israel in international waters, ”recalls Flotilla.
“We are not going to return”
June 9 at dawn, Madlin approached On the command of the Israeli fleet, when he transported a load with food and needs and twelve activists from various nationalities, including Swedish Greta TunbergFrench Euro -Dutvid Rome Hassan, French journalist Omar Fayad or Spanish activist Sergio ToribioField
“Twelve unarmed civilians, including MEP, doctor, journalist and human rights activists were stolen by Israeli teams and taken against his will to Israel, Where they were interrogated, subjected to abuse and after deportation. His “crime”? An attempt to take food, medicines and solidarity to the Palestinians -the victims of the blockade, ”he reproached the flotilla.
“We will not returnThe field “Handala” part in the shadow of serious atrocities. Since March 18, 2025, when Israel violated high fire and resumed attacks on gas, at least 6572 Palestinians died, and more than 23,000 were injured, the Ministry of Health reports, ”the group said.
He also mentions that “more than 700 were shot when they were waiting to get food at the distribution points controlled by the United States and the Gaza Humanitarian Fund, which supports Israel” in what this means “The deadly trap is disguised as a plan of reference, control and structure of cruelty in the service of the Israeli genocide”Field