Tag: Naval Blockade

  • OPT: Signs of worsening malnutrition among children

    IRIN News 21 April 2009 Rising poverty, unemployment and food insecurity in Gaza, compounded by the recent 23-day Israeli offensive, have increased the threat of child malnutrition, say UN agencies, health ministry officials and healthcare NGOs in Gaza. UN World Health Organization (WHO) officials are concerned by the warning signs, including rising malnutrition indicators –…

  • Testimonies of abducted Gazan fishermen

    ISM Gaza | Fishing Under Fire 13 April 2009 These testimonies were given to ISM Gaza Strip volunteers on April 9th 2009 Izhaq Mohammed Zayed, 46 On Monday 6th April 2009, Izhaq Zayed was with his son, Rassim, in a hassaka (small fishing boat) off the coast of Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. Izhaq was feeling…

  • Israeli Navy abducts 8 Gazan fishermen 100 meters off the coast

    6th of April 2009 at 7am: Israeli Naval forces abducted eight Palestinian fishermen (including two minors) from the Salateen area in the north of the Gaza Strip. Additionally, the fishermen’s four hassakas (small fishing boats) have been taken by the Israeli Navy. According to eyewitnesses, the fishermen were only about 100 meters from the coast…

  • Free Gaza Movement: Hope Fleet to Gaza

    Free Gaza Movement 30 March 2009 The Free Gaza Movement will again challenge Israel’s illegal closure of the Gaza Strip and collective punishment of its civilian population by sailing the HOPE FLEET, a flotilla of passenger and cargo ships, to Gaza at the end of May 2009 – to be followed by freedom riders this…

  • Free Gaza Movement stopped in international waters by Israeli navy

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The latest reports are of four Israeli gunboats saying they will use their weapons if the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY does not turn back to Greece. The boat is asserting its right to continue in international waters. The Free Gaza mercy ship, SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, left port in Cyprus this morning on an…