Tag: Naval Blockade

FGM: Mercy Ship Departs for Gaza, “We are coming in on Tuesday”

For more information, please contact: (Cyprus/Gaza) Huwaida Arraf, +357 96 723 999 or +357 99 081 767 (Gaza) Ewa Jasiewicz, +972 598 700 497 (U.S.) Ramzi Kysia, +1 703 994 5422 UPDATE: The “SPIRIT OF HUMANITY” has returned to port in Cyprus for minor repairs. The crew & passengers plan to depart for Gaza in…

January 12, 2009
Israeli helicopters and navy continue to fire on Gaza’s port

The shelling of Gaza’s port continued on the evening of December 30th, as Israeli Apache helicopters began firing rockets on the area and Naval vessels continued their ongoing shelling. Eva Bartlett, a Canadian human rights worker, heard and witnessed the attack from a building 150 meters away. She reports that the first explosion began at…

December 30, 2008
Free Gaza Movement: URGENT! Israeli Navy Attacking Civilian Mercy Ship! TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY!

Video report from CNN Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> Press Release by the Free Gaza Movement: The Dignity, a Free Gaza boat on a mission of mercy to besieged Gaza, is being attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters. The Dignity has been surrounded by at least half-a-dozen Israeli warships. They are…

December 30, 2008