Madleen route tracker: Follow Greta Thunberg’s assist boat because it sails for Gaza | EUROtoday

A flotilla carrying local weather activist Greta Thunberg is at present crusing previous the Greek island of Crete on a weeklong journey to Gaza to interrupt Israel’s naval blockade, a tracker has proven.

The Madleen ship and its crew of 12 volunteers set off from Catania, Sicily on 1 June, carrying a nominal quantity of humanitarian assist.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), chargeable for the boat, says the journey is geared toward making an attempt “to break Israel’s more than 17-year illegal and inhumane blockade of the Gaza Strip”.

The 1,250-mile journey is anticipated to take seven days, supplied there aren’t any disruptions.

The ship’s location is being monitored dwell by Forensic Architecture and utilizing a Garmin dwell tracker on board.

Who is on the boat?

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Named after Gaza’s solely feminine fisher, the vessel is carrying local weather activist Greta Thunberg and French-Palestinian Member of European Parliament Rima Hassan, amongst others.

Ms Thunberg shot to notoriety in 2018 when she determined to skip college as a 15-year-old in an try to influence the Swedish parliament to take extra motion on local weather change.

Speaking aboard the Madleen, Ms Thunberg advised Middle East Eye: “We have promised ourselves and we have promised the Palestinian people to do everything we can.

“When our governments are failing us … then it falls on us to step up and be the adults in the room.

“We are just human beings, very concerned about what’s happening, and do not accept what is going on.”

The different activists on board the vessel are: Yasemin Acar (Germany), Baptiste Andre (France), Thiago Avila (Brazil), Omar Faiad (France), Pascal Maurieras (France) Yanis Mhamdi (France) Suayb Ordu (Turkiye), Sergio Toribio (Spain) Marco van Rennes (The Netherlands) and Reva Viard (France).

What is their plan?

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The FFC says the boat intends to spend at the least seven days travelling to Gaza to interrupt the naval blockade that has been in place since 2007.

There have been considerations that the boat could also be attacked. Last month, one other vessel operated by the FFC, the Conscience, was reportedly bombed by drones off Malta en path to Gaza. Ms Thunberg mentioned on the time that she deliberate to board the boat in Malta.

The FFC accused Israel of finishing up the assaults. Israel didn’t reply to these accusations.

On 3 June, the FFC mentioned that an Israel-made Hellenic Coastguard drone (IAI Heron UAV) was seen hovering over the Madleen.

In a press release shared on social media, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) mentioned: “At 11:12pm CEST+1, 68km away from Greek territorial waters, a drone began to hover above the ‘Madleen’. The drone is no longer there.”

What has Israel mentioned?

Brigadier General Effie Edfrin, an Israeli military spokesperson, recommended Israel might confront the Madleen earlier than it reaches the shores of the Gaza Strip.

“We have gained experience in recent years, and we will act accordingly,” he advised reporters when requested concerning the vessel. “We are well prepared.”