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Turkish charity Mavi Marmara to send aid flotilla to Gaza

by Anadolu Agency

ISTANBUL Nov 17, 2023 - 11:26 am GMT+3
Internally displaced Palestinian children who have fled the northern Gaza Strip due to intense Israeli military bombardment, play in the yard as their families shelter in the grounds of a public school in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, Palestine, on Nov. 16, 2023. (AFP Photo)
Internally displaced Palestinian children who have fled the northern Gaza Strip due to intense Israeli military bombardment, play in the yard as their families shelter in the grounds of a public school in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, Palestine, on Nov. 16, 2023. (AFP Photo)
by Anadolu Agency Nov 17, 2023 11:26 am

The Mavi Marmara Freedom and Solidarity Association will launch another flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid into blockaded Gaza.

"As the Mavi Marmara Association, we are setting out again toward Gaza as a civil and independent movement in line with the decision we made with the International Freedom Flotilla, of which we are a member," the association said on its website.

"Our actions against the naval blockade in Gaza adhere to the principles of nonviolence and nonviolent resistance," it added.

The association pointed out that Israel initiated a significant conflict in the Gaza Strip with mosques, schools, hospitals and all civilian settlements coming under attack.

It emphasized that Israel has persisted with the onslaught, disregarding decisions and warnings from the U.N. and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), thereby ignoring international conscience.

Members of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition have held meetings in London to plan the next flotilla from Europe to Gaza, which is scheduled to sail next year in an attempt to break the naval blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip, The Jerusalem Post reported.

In May 2010, Israeli commandoes killed 10 Turkish activists on the Mavi Marmara aid flotilla, which was headed for Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid.

In the aftermath of the attack, Türkiye demanded an official apology from Israel, compensation for the families of those killed, and the lifting of Israel's Gaza blockade.

In 2013, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed regret over the incident to Türkiye's then-Prime Minister and now President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

In addition to the compensation, Israel has agreed to Türkiye's humanitarian presence in the occupied Gaza Strip.

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