The Freedom Flotilla Group Group says the ship is carrying Gaza Aid and activists attacked by drones off Malta

FRIDILLLA Alliance Campaign Group He said Friday that one of its ships is binding Gaza StripI was subjected to aid and dozens of activists, attacked in international waters by drones in the middle of the night off Malta, causing severe damage to the ship. The group, which carried campaigns against Israel from War -torn Palestinian lands For years, she tried to reach it with boats bearing humanitarian aid, no victims, and Maltese officials said that a fire on the ship had been controlled.

Reuters news agency cited the Malta government as saying in a statement that the fire had come out, but the ship was still watching the relevant authorities.

Freedom Freedom said in a former social media publication that the ship’s body had been hacked and that it was taking water, which prompted the crew to issue a distress call. The organization said that there are about 30 activists on board. The night photos and video that the group shared showed what he said was a fire towards the front of the ship.

The group was immediately attacked by drones to any country or group, and there were no claims for the responsibility issued.

Israeli forces have already The fleet freedom and ships were independent To prevent them from violating the siege of Gaza, including a A raid on a boat in 2010 Leave at least nine dead activists.

On Friday, CBS News asked the Israel Defense Forces whether it had performed any operation involving the freight of the freight of the freight of the Freen Flotilla, near Malta. There was no immediate response from the IDF.

Francesca Albaniz, the United Nations Special Rapporteur in the Palestinian Territories, said in a social media position on Friday that she had “received a sad invitation from the people of freedom of freedom to carry food and the main medicine for the inhabitants of Gaza hunger.

Relief organizations have condemned the siege of Israel, which, since the end of March, It was precisely imposed To prevent any commodities to enter the Palestinian territories, including the humanitarian supplies that relief workers say they say they are strongly required in the pocket. A lot of infrastructure in Gaza was destroyed during the war ignited by Hamas on October 7, 2023, a terrorist attack on Israel, which also killed more than 52,000 people, according to health officials in the Hamas region.

Hamas groups and Allied groups killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel in the 2023 attack and took 251 others hostage in Gaza, according to Israeli officials, who said that up to 24 prisoners were still alive.

The Malta government said in its statement, which was reported by Reuters, that everyone on the Freedom Flotilla ship had “safe assertion.”

The statement said: “The ship had 12 crew members on board and four civilian travelers; no victims were reported,” adding that a nearby tractor was directed to help the ship. “The clouds arrived at the scene and started firefighting operations. By 1:28 am (2328 GMT on Thursday), the fire was reported under control. Armed forces were sent from a periodic Malta ship to provide more assistance.”

“By 2:13 am, all the crew were confirmed safe but its refusal to climb to the jars … the ship remains outside the territorial waters and is monitored by the competent authorities.”

It was not immediately clear why the activist group informed nearly twice the number of people on the ship like the Maltese authorities.

Fleet freedom He describes himself As “a solidarity movement consisting of campaigns and initiatives from different parts of the world, it works together to end the illegal Israeli siege in Gaza.”

Among its goals with the challenging sailing to Gaza, the organization says it aims to “condemn and spread the complicity of other governments and global actors in empowering the siege,” including, most likely, the United States government, “which says,” It has gained Israel’s violence against the Palestinians for decades. “