An international solidarity ship that had left from Barcelona, Spain in mid September intending to bring much needed humanitarian supplies to the people of Gaza, was hijacked in international waters by the Israeli navy. The ship, whose crew consisted of women from a number of countries, was taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod. The intention of the activists was to break the Israeli imposed siege of the Gaza Strip which is having devastating social effects on the majority of the population. At the same time, Israel also carried out a number of bombing raids on several locations inside Gaza.
An international solidarity ship that had left from Barcelona, Spain in mid September intending to bring much needed humanitarian supplies to the people of Gaza, was hijacked in international waters by the Israeli navy. The ship, whose crew consisted of women from a number of countries, was taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod. The intention of the activists was to break the Israeli imposed siege of the Gaza Strip which is having devastating social effects on the majority of the population. At the same time, Israel also carried out a number of bombing raids on several locations inside Gaza.
