Israel prepares for Women’s Boats heading to Gaza – Middle East Monitor
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October 3, 2016 at 1:17 pm
The Israeli navy has been preparing to face the Women’s Boats heading to break the ten-year-old siege on the Gaza Strip, Quds Press reported yesterday. The boats, which are part of the Freedom Flotilla Alliance, are expected to arrive in Gaza within three days if they are not impeded in any way.
Palestinians thank the Women’s Boat to Gaza
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All women solidarity ship set to arrive in Gaza Wednesday evening
Oct. 4, 2016 6:26 P.M. (Updated: Oct. 4, 2016 10:31 P.M.)
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GAZA (Ma’an) — The all women solidarity ship called “Zaytouna” — meaning “olives” in Arabic — is expected to arrive in the besieged Gaza Strip in two days after setting off from the shores of Barcelona, Spain last month as part of the larger Freedom Flotilla aimed at disrupting Israel’s nearly decade-long siege on the small Palestinian territory, according to a statement released Tuesday by the International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza.
The committee said that the 13 women activists on board are set to arrive in the besieged coastal enclave on Wednesday evening or Thursday morning after traveling for nearly 2,000 miles, if the ship is not obstructed by Israeli naval forces en route to the shores of Gaza.
Follow Zaytouna-Oliva‘s progress here. Below is a still image of Zaytouna-Oliva‘s position as of Monday 4 October at 19:00 CEST. The curved line added to the map represents our estimation of the “military exclusion zone” imposed illegally by the Israeli military, 100 nautical miles into international waters off the coast of Palestine around the Gaza strip, where previous Flotilla boats have been assaulted.
