The Times of Israel reports:
The first vessel of a pro-Palestinian flotilla aiming to break Israel’s naval blockade on the Gaza Strip set sail from its home port in Sweden on Sunday morning.
The trawler Marianne of Gothenburg will be
carrying a “limited cargo of, among other things, solar cell panels and
medical equipment” for use in Gaza, according to a statement by the
Ship to Gaza campaign.
The boat is part of the so-called Freedom Flotilla III, following other high profile attempts by activists to sail to Gaza. The Marianne, with its five crew members, will
be stopping at Helsingborg, Malmo, Copenhagen and other ports to be
announced later on before continuing on to Gaza, Ship to Gaza officials
said. Along the way it will pick up eight other crew
members, according to Israel Radio. Two other vessels are expected to
join the flotilla later on. More.
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