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| Libyan Gaza-bound aid ship heads towards Egypt |
| 2010-07-15 |
| A Libyan-chartered ship carrying aid for Palestinians set a new course for Egypt on Wednesday after Israel's navy warned it away from the blockaded Gaza Strip, an Israeli official said. The Moldovan-flagged Amalthea was heading to Egypt's El Arish port, trailed by warships, the official said. In Tripoli, the charity behind the mission had no comment. But Al Jazeera satellite channel said the ship had not ruled out reaching Gaza. A satellite-guided map on MarineTraffic.com showed the Amalthea on a southeasterly approach to El Arish, 33 miles (52 km) away, at speeds from 1.5 to 7.5 knots. Its course also brought it indirectly closer to Gaza, 20 miles (32 km) further east. The ship had earlier been absent from the map, suggesting that its GPS tracker was temporarily obstructed or turned off. Israel had vowed to turn away or seize the Amalthea - renamed 'Hope' by activists - rather than let it access Gaza, whose Hamas rulers the Jewish state wants isolated. Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh urged the activists not to let their cargo ship be diverted from Gaza's shore and called in a speech for more pro-Palestinian "freedom flotillas". 'The sea and land convoys must continue', he said. 'We hope we can depend on Islamic nations to help us lift the blockade'. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > TURKEY TO SET UP AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE IN WEST BANK [Industrial trade relations wid PA in Gaza-WB], + regardless of whether ISRAEL gives its consent or not. YUH-OH... |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-07-15 03:24 |