00:00We are sailing lawfully in international waters and are being threatened by Israeli naval forces.
00:06We are carrying vital humanitarian aid.
00:08The crew member of the Handala Flotilla was communicating with Israeli Navy at sea
00:13for a clear passage to Gaza on Saturday night.
00:16You have no legal authority to enforce an unlawful blockade,
00:20and as such, you have no authority to use force.
00:24Later, the Navy intercepted the vessel carrying 21 activists and humanitarian aid
00:29for the war-torn Gaza plagued by hunger and malnutrition woes.
00:36The Freedom Flotilla Coalition then posted pre-recorded videos of the crew.
00:43I appeal to my comrades, friends and family, to everyone,
00:47to put pressure on your country, Australia, for my country.
00:50And I have been abducted by the Israeli occupation forces,
00:54or forces of the country complicit in Israel's genocide of Palestinians.
00:58I appeal to my comrades, friends, family, to everyone,
01:02to put pressure on the United States government,
01:05to demand my release and the release of my comrades as soon as possible.
01:10Earlier, the U.S. citizens aboard the vessel have called on the U.S. administration
01:14to ensure safe passage of the vessel if it does not support the starvation in Gaza.
01:19The Israeli Foreign Ministry said its navy had stopped the vessel
01:26from illegally entering the maritime zone of the coast of Gaza.
01:29They said the vessel was safely making its way to the shores of Israel
01:33and added that all passengers were safe.
01:36The Handala set sail from Italy earlier in July
01:40to defy an Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
01:46During a previous flotilla mission by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition's Mad Lean vessel last month,
01:52the Israeli navy also intercepted the vessel.
01:55Israel said they resumed aid airdrops to Gaza on Saturday
01:59and was taking several other steps to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
02:04They said there was enough food,
02:06but the problem was with the collection and distribution of the food aid.
02:10Israel said there was a test Такante border to transport the entire province,
02:17which led to the
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