(It would appear that Italy is pressing the Global Sumud Flotilla to hand over all the aid and turn around before they get to the area in the Medertranian where the Egyptians and the Turkish are running their military drills. They claim they will give the aid to the Catholics who will then give it to Palestinians in Jerusalem... probably Fatah and Palestinian Authority supporters... and NOT make sure it gets to Gaza. Israel supports the plan according to this. The Flotilla tracker seems to suggest ALL the boats have landed in Crete and are stalled at this point. Are they calling it quits?)
Italy urged an international flotilla
to hand over its aid supplies for Gaza on Wednesday and allow them to
be distributed by the local Catholic Church, as a way to ward off
further risks after the flotilla was attacked by drones overnight.
The Global Sumud Flotilla is using about 50 civilian boats to try and break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza. Many lawyers and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, are on board.
Italy
sent a navy ship to the flotilla's assistance after the vessels were
attacked by 12 drones in international waters 30 nautical miles (56 km)
off the Greek island of Gavdos. All passengers were safe after drones
exploded over the vessels, said Marikaiti Stasinou, a spokesperson for
March to Gaza Greece, which is part of the flotilla.
Italian
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Rome's proposal was to hand over the
aid in Cyprus to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which would then
deliver it.
"It
is a proposal that seems to have the support of the Cypriot government,
the Israeli government and, of course, the Italian government. We are
awaiting a response from the flotilla," Meloni told reporters in New
York where she is attending the U.N. General Assembly.
Meloni
urged the flotilla to accept the plan and criticized its aid
initiative, calling it "gratuitous, dangerous and irresponsible"...
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