00:00Eyewitness video showed on Monday Israeli forces boarding and taking control of boats
00:06in a flotilla aiming to break the Israeli blockade and bring aid to Gaza.
00:13The organisers of the Global Sumud Flotilla said Israeli forces had intercepted 10 of
00:19their boats, with contact lost with a total 23 vessels in the eastern Mediterranean.
00:27Activist Javier Aparicio was sailing with the flotilla.
00:30Once again the regime of Israel is pretending to be above all sorts of international laws
00:38and conscience and committing their crimes in plain sight because they know that the
00:43level of impunity that they have achieved is at the top level.
00:47Israel said it would not allow any breach of the lawful naval blockade on Gaza.
00:52The group of 54 vessels had set sail for a third time on Thursday from southern Turkey.
00:58Earlier attempts to deliver aid to Gaza were intercepted by Israel in international waters.
01:04Israel's Foreign Ministry called on all participants in this provocation to change course and turn
01:10back immediately.
01:12Supporters in Athens watched as live video showed military boats approaching the vessels.
01:18The group named some two dozen Turks among those on the intercepted vessels some 250 nautical miles from Gaza.
01:25Coordinator Antonis Faras demanded the safe passage of the rest of the flotilla.
01:30We are claiming that this is a kidnapping happening in international waters.
01:35This is an illegal act of piracy and this is one more reason to make sure that the governments
01:42and the citizens of the world condemn Israel and cut off ties with this upper height regime.
01:48Palestinians and international aid bodies, along with Turkey and a number of other countries,
01:54say supplies reaching Gaza are still insufficient.
01:57That's despite a ceasefire reached in October that includes guarantees of increased aid.
02:02Most of Gaza's more than two million people have been displaced,
02:06many now living in bombed-out homes and makeshift tents.
02:09Israel, which controls all access to the Gaza Strip, denies withholding supplies for its residents.
02:15Its foreign ministry said more than 1.58 million tonnes of humanitarian aid have entered Gaza since the ceasefire.
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