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October 6, 2016

Women's Boat to Gaza Seized by Israeli Military
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A flotilla bound for Gaza carrying food, medicine and other humanitarian
aid was intercepted and seized by the Israeli Navy Wednesday. The
Women's Boat to Gaza had set sail from the Spanish port city of
Barcelona in mid-September in efforts to break the ongoing Israeli
blockade. Organizers say the Israeli military seized the boat and
detained the 13 human rights activists aboard in international waters
about 40 miles away from Gaza's port. Organizers are now calling for the
release of both the activists and the boat, and an end to the ongoing
blockade. Within hours of the boat's seizure, Israel also launched
airstrikes into the Gaza Strip, which Israel says was in retaliation for
a rocket launched from Gaza.


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