00:00Turkish protesters have marched in the streets of Istanbul, condemning the seizure of eight ships heading for Gaza by Israel.
00:08Flotilla organizers say Israel had seized part of the Second Global Sumut Flotilla in international waters near Greece.
00:17The ships make up part of a Second Global Sumut Flotilla to try in recent months to break an Israeli
00:23blockade by carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.
00:27They sailed from the Spanish port of Barcelona on April 12.
00:31Turkish protesters condemned the painful event and called the flotilla a symbol for the globally united conscience.
00:38Turkey denounced the interception as a clear violation of international law which jeopardized navigational safety, adding that it would take
00:47action to support the flotilla.
00:48Last Oktober, Israel's military halted a previous flotilla assembled by the same organization, arresting Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and more
00:58than 450 participants.
01:01That followed other seaborne attempts to reach blockaded Gaza.
01:05Palestinians and international aid bodies say supplies reaching Gaza are still insufficient despite a ceasefire reach in Oktober that included
01:14guarantees of increased aid.
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