US EditionNetanyahu ordered drone attacks on Gaza-bound humanitarian aid boats off Tunisia, sources say
Israeli forces launched drone strikes from submarines on two Gaza-bound aid boats, causing fires but no casualties, and detained about 500 activists enforcing a naval blockade, officials said.
- Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly approved strikes on two Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla vessels, with U.S. officials saying submarine-launched drones dropped incendiary devices off Sidi Bou Said.
- Israel has enforced a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip since January 2009, and the Global Sumud Flotilla said it carried medicine and food directly to Gaza despite Israeli footage showing no aid on board.
- Footage and CCTV released by the Global Sumud Flotilla appear to show burning debris falling on the Portuguese-flagged Family and the British-flagged Alma, while witness Miguel Duarte saw a drone hovering before an explosion.
- This week, Israeli naval forces intercepted and detained dozens of vessels, arrested about 500 activists including Greta Thunberg, and transferred flotilla members to Israel's Ashdod Port for processing.
- Calls for urgent, independent investigations have intensified amid conflicting accounts as Tunisian authorities denied drone detections while U.S. intelligence officials point to submarine-launched strikes.
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Bringing aid supplies to the sealed Gaza Strip by sea is practically impossible. On the way there, the ships are attacked from the air.
Report: Netanyahu ordered drone strikes on Gaza-bound aid ships in early September
CBS News reports that Netanyahu ordered two drone strikes to be carried out against two ships, one carrying the Portuguese flag and the other the British flag ■ On Friday, the Israeli army completed the takeover of all vessels in the Global Sumud Flotilla
US intelligence officials: 'Netanyahu ordered drone strike on Gaza flotilla from subm
CBS reports American intelligence sources claim Netanyahu directly ordered IDF drone attacks from a submarine on two Gaza flotilla ships docked in Tunisia last month; The fires caused were allegedly set by incendiary materials
Netanyahu directly ordered recent drone strikes on Gaza-bound Sumud Flotilla: Report
A recent report has revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly approved drone strikes on two vessels that were part of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists last month off the coast of Tunisia.
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