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An estimated Twenty-seven ships to set sail for Gaza from multiple ports to break Israel’s siege on the enclave.

This will be activist Greta Thunberg’s second mission, having been taken captive by Israel earlier this year when her ship and fellow crew members were sprayed with illicit chemicals and boarded unlawfully in international waters. The Handala and her crew also suffered a similar fate earlier this summer.

Dozens of people gathered on Saturday at the port of Barcelona where a flotilla will set sail for Gaza on Sunday. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is hoping to break… the naval blockade imposed by Israel along the coast of the Gaza Strip since 2007... (AP video and production by Hernan Munoz)

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The Global Sumud Flotilla

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Largest flotilla for Gaza hopes to pressure Israel to end blockade

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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well if they make it into Gaza then the likelihood they survive decreases dramatically, but I hope their journey is as successful as it is noble

[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net -4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why? You’re not implying Gazans mean them harm are you? I know more than one family that would lay down their lives to defend people like this. They’re not idiots. They absolutely understand the optics and global importance of this style of activism.

[–] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I definitely understood their comment as "Israel claims everyone in Gaza as Hamas, so they're more likely to die from a random airstrike than they are at sea"

[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ok. I hope that’s the case. I don’t mean to be defensive. It just seems that’s often the implication with these kind of remarks.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Definitely the case, sorry for not being more clear

I'm hoping they can avoid the terror and death that Israel is wreaking on so many civilians and journalists

[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I reread it and I think I was just triggered and my brain skipped the whole picture. That was my mistake. I’m used to navigating more hostile online environments.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

No worries 😊

[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No lol once they are inside Israel borders that's going to be an airstrike from the IDF for sure.

Edit oh next guy said already