Higher National Committee for the Great Return March and Breaking the Siege on Sunday announced that the Gaza Strip will set off a new flotilla of ships on Tuesday in a bid to break the 12-year-long blockade on the coastal enclave.
The Committee said in a press conference that Tuesday’s trip will coincide with the anniversary of the Israeli attack on the Turkish Mavi Marmara flotilla.
“This trip will carry the hopes and dreams of the Palestinian people for freedom” Salah Abdul-Ati a member of the Committee said calling on international human rights organizations to provide protection to the anti-siege ships.
Abdul-Ati pointed out that the ongoing blockade and the three Israeli wars waged against Gaza in the past decade have led to a serious and an unprecedented deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the seaside territory.
He also asked Arab and international media outlets to cover the event and help convey its message to the world.
