Greta Thunberg joins Freedom Flotilla to Gaza as Israel monitors mission

Israel stated that it’ll “act accordingly” to cease the Freedom Flotilla Coalition that local weather activist Greta Thunberg is on his strategy to the Gaza Strip.

Thunberg, 22, a Swedish Eco-Warrioror, hit the Madleen this week that lifts a Palestinian flag with 11 different activists. It can attempt to attain the banks of the Gaza Strip to supply some assist and to extend consciousness concerning the humanitarian disaster there.

“We do that as a result of, no matter what alternatives we’re in opposition to, we should preserve attempting,” stated Thunberg.

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Greta Thunberg, with different activists from a human rights group, meets journalists in Catania, Italy. On Sunday earlier than they depart for the Midden -East. (AP Picture/Salvatore Cavalli)

The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) confirmed on Wednesday that it had adopted the fleet.

“We’re additionally ready for this case,” IDF spokesperson Brig. Gene. Effie Defrin told The Times of London. “We’ve got gained expertise lately and we’ll act accordingly.”

Defrin has not introduced any particulars about how Israel would reply to the arrival of Thunberg.

Amongst those that be a part of the crew of the Madleen, his “Sport of Thrones” actor Liam Cunningham and Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament that’s of Palestinian descent. She is excluded from getting into Israel due to her energetic opposition in opposition to the Israeli assault on Gaza.

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Greta Thunberg is close to a Palestinian flag earlier than he sails to Gaza, along with activists from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, ranging from the Sicilian port of Catania. (AP Picture/Salvatore Cavalli)

Final month, a moderately freedom airplane coalition tip was broken simply earlier than arriving on the Mediterranean Island of Malta to select up Thunberg for the same mission, the New York Post reported. The group accused Israel of attacking the ship with drones.

Throughout her journey, which began within the Sicilian port of Catania in South -Italia, Thunberg filmed content material for social media, together with swimming within the sea.

Local weather activist Greta Thunberg, middle, wait to board the Madleen earlier than he’s sailed to Gaza. (AP Picture/Salvatore Cavalli)

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“As a result of the second we cease attempting is once we lose our humanity. And irrespective of how harmful this mission is, it’s not at the same time as harmful because the silence of the entire world within the face of the stay streamed genocide,” she stated earlier than they sail.

The Related Press has contributed to this report.