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January 14, 2009

Iran: Israel Blocks Aid Ship for Gaza
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Iran is claiming the Israeli navy has intercepted an Iranian ship
carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza. According to Iranian state radio,
the ship was stopped twenty miles off Gaza’s coast after leaving Iran
two weeks ago. The ship was carrying food and medicine and had planned
to arrive in Gaza this past weekend. Israel has blocked several
humanitarian ships trying to reach Gaza, and even rammed a boat of peace
activists in international waters last month.



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