US EditionFrench boats set sail to join Gaza aid flotilla
- Some 20 French boats departed from Marseille to join an international flotilla aiming to break the Israeli blockade and deliver aid to Gaza.
- Around a thousand supporters gathered at the docks, chanting 'Gaza, Marseille is with you' to support the aid initiative.
- The French vessels, mostly sailboats, left after 5:00 pm to join the 'Global Sumud Flotilla', named after a Gazan fisherman.
- The international flotilla plans to sail towards Gaza around April 20 after a stop in southern Italy for non-violence training.
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The majority of these boats leaving France will join Barcelona in mid-April, before sailing to Gaza around 20 April.
These ships want to join a new international fleet of about 100 boats, which hopes to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza.
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About 20 French boats left the port of Marseille this Saturday to join a new international fleet to reach the Gaza Strip.
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French boats set sail to join Gaza aid flotilla
Some 20 French boats set sail from Marseille on Saturday to join up with an international flotilla making a renewed effort to break an Israeli blockade and deliver aid to Gaza, AFP reporters saw.
Some 20 French boats left the port of Marseille on Saturday 4 April to join the "Global Sumud Flotilla", an international fleet of about 100 ships designed to "break" the Israeli blockade of Gaza. The "Thousand Madleens" initiative brought together more than a thousand people.
About 20 French boats set sail from the port city of Marseille yesterday, joining an international flotilla that aims to break Israel's blockade and deliver aid to Gaza. One of the Sumud flotilla ships that set out for Gaza last year. EPA / TONI ALBIR The international Sumud flotilla, consisting of about 100 vessels, will mostly set off from the Spanish city of Barcelona on April 12. It will stop for a week in Italy for training before sailing t…
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