Climate activist Greta Thonberg and the representative of the “Game of Thrones”, Liam Keningham, joins the sailing ship to Gaza

The climate campaign Greta Thonberg and 11 other activists sailed to the Gaza Strip on Sunday afternoon, on a ship bearing help. The organizers said that the task aims to “break the siege of Israel” to the devastating lands.

The actor “Game of Thrones”, Liam Knngham, and Rima Hassan, the French member of the European Parliament, who is of Palestinian origin, are also among the crew. Hassan was prevented from entering Israel due to its active opposition The Israeli attack on Gaza.

The sailing boat – MADLEEN – which is run by the group of activists FLOTILLA – left from the Sicilian Port of Catania, in southern Italy.

“Madeleine” sails to Gaza today with twelve human devices and life -saving aid as possible, including the formula of children, medical supplies, and more. It leaves from European territorial waters, sail fully across international waters to Palestinian waters off Gaza. In the publication of social media Sunday. “Unarmed and non -violent,” Madeleine “does not pose any threat. It is completely sailing for international law. Any attack or intervention will be an unlawful and illegal attack on civilians.

Activists said at a press conference on Sunday before the departure, that the crew is trying to reach the beaches of Gaza, as they hope that their journey will raise “international awareness” about the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

“We are doing this because, regardless of the possibilities we face, we have to continue to try,” said Thonberg while exploding in her tears during her speech.

She added: “Because the moment we stop trying is when we lose our humanity. Regardless of the danger of this task, it is not close to the silence of the whole world in the face of the genocide that was broadcast.”

Israel, which was established in the aftermath of the Holocaust, rejected the allegations of genocide against it as a “anti -hemorrhagic” “defamation”.

In mid -May, Israel eased the siege in Gaza a little after nearly three months, allowing a limited amount of humanitarian aid in the region.

Experts warned that Gaza Because of the risk of starvation If more aid is not brought in.

United Nations agencies and major relief groups say Israeli restrictions, the collapse of law and order, and the wide -ranging looting makes it very difficult to provide assistance to about two million Palestinians in Gaza.

Activists expect to take seven days to reach their destination, if they are not stopped.

Thonberg, who became a world -famous climate activist after organizing huge teenage protests in its homeland, was due to a previous freedom ship last month.

This attempt to reach Gaza by sea, in early May, failed after the ships of the other group, the “conscience”, was attacked by alleged drones while sailing in international waters off the coast of Malta.

The group blamed Israel for the attack, which affected the front division of the ship, in the last confrontation on the efforts made to send assistance to the Palestinian territories destroyed by nearly 19 months of war.

The Israeli government says the siege is an attempt to pressure Hamas to release the hostages that took it during October 7, 2023, a attack that sparked the conflict. The militants, led by Hamas, assaulted southern Israel on that day, killing about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and kidnapped 251. Hamas still holds 58 hostages, and it is believed that 23 of them are alive.

In response, Israel launched an attack that killed more than 52,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, which does not distinguish between fighters and civilians. The bombing of Israel and ground operations destroyed vast areas of the region and left most of its inhabitants.

The fleet group was only the latest among the increasing number of critics who accused Israel of genocide in its war in Gaza. Israel strongly denies these allegations, saying that its war is addressed to Hamas fighters, not civilians in Gaza.

Activist Thiago Avila said: “We break the siege of Gaza by sea, but this is part of a broader strategy of mobilization that will also try to break the siege by land.”

Avila cited the upcoming global march to Gaza-an open international initiative for doctors, lawyers and media-which is scheduled to leave Egypt and reach the Rafah crossing in mid-June to organize a protest there, and asked Israel to stop the Gaza attack and reopen the border.