ISRAEL has issued a warning to Greta Thunberg’s so-called Freedom Flotilla as the climate activist aims to sail into Gaza.
The Swede is pulling the dangerous stunt after leaving from , Italy, on Sunday aboard the Madleen.
The boat, carrying 11 pro-Palestine protesters, is currently south of Crete and is aiming directly for the terror hotbed with only a “symbolic”; amount of aid.
The young campaigners say they are hoping to “break the siege”; and raise “international awareness”; of the humanitarian crisis on the .
Thunberg, 22, has posted on social media with a Palestine flag and wearing a keffiyeh scarf while on the pointless journey.
Israel is prepared to raid the ship, IDF spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said.
He said: “We have gained experience in recent years, and we will act accordingly.”;
One activist on board has said they are being followed by a drone – a month after another boat under the same flag was allegedly attacked by one.
In a video on social media, one of Greta’s shipmates said: “We can clearly see a drone to our left. It’s gaining on us a little bit.”;
Organisers of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition say their voyage is “a non-violent, direct action to challenge Israel’s illegal siege”;.
Ahead of the journey, Thunberg said through tears: “we are doing this because, no matter what odds we are against, we have to keep trying.
“Because the moment we stop trying is when we lose our humanity.
“And no matter how dangerous this mission is, it’s not even near as dangerous as the silence of the entire world in the face of the live-streamed genocide.”;
Israel rejects any accusation it is conducting a genocide and says the accusations are an anti-Semitic “blood libel”;.
Israel is, instead, aiming to wipe out the terror group Hamas which conducted the bloody October 7, 2023, massacre killing 1,200 people and taking 250 hostage.
Hamas is accused of using innocent Palestinian civilians as shields and holding aid meant for them to ransom.
US Senator Lindsey Graham has slammed the flotilla saying: “Hope Greta and her friends can swim!”;
Negotiations are ongoing to find peace in the strip, with Israel last week signing up to a US proposal.
Israel has paused aid delivery after soldiers opened fire on people heading toward an aid site.
Gaza health officials, the Red Cross and the U.N. rights office said 27 people were killed on Tuesday, and witnesses blamed Israeli forces.
Israels military said it fired near people it described as suspects who it said approached its forces and ignored warning shots.
It says it is looking into reports of casualties.
The UN has warned that Gaza had become “the hungriest place on Earth”;.
It said the territory’s entire population was at risk of famine.
It comes after Israel Mohammad Sinwar, also known as “The Shadow”;.
It comes after reports that the chief, who was also one of the October 7 masterminds, had likely beenon May 13.
Israelappears to have successfully eliminated Sinwar Jr by bombing what it said was Hamas’ command centre under the EuropeanHospitalin the southern Gaza Strip.
