Spokesman for the National Committee for Breaking Gaza’s Siege Adham Abu Silmiyya affirmed in a statement issued Tuesday evening that Israeli authorities released all passengers of Freedom Boat except three.
The anti-siege vessel’s captain his deputy and one of the injured persons seeking treatment abroad remained held in Israeli custody Abu Silmiyya added.
Contacts are made with the International Committee of the Red Cross to inspect their conditions according to his statements.
Earlier Tuesday Israeli naval forces intercepted a boat that set out from Gaza shores in hopes of breaking Israel’s decade-long blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The boat was carrying 20 Palestinian passengers including university students patients seeking treatment abroad and Palestinians injured by recent Israeli violence near the Gaza-Israel borders.
