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Flotilla with activists carrying aid for Gaza set sail from Turkey
short by Soheib Ahsan / on Thursday, 14 May, 2026
Ships from the Global Sumud Flotilla with activists onboard set sail from Turkey on Thursday carrying aid for Gaza. This comes two weeks after Israel seized a 21-boat flotilla sailing towards Gaza Strip's naval blockade and sent the activists to Greece. Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu had praised the navy for stopping the flotilla and said it was a "Hamas-supporting vessel".
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