Aid vessel heading to Gaza rescues four Libyan migrants in Mediterranean Sea

Published on 05/06/2025 - 20:07 GMT+2

A vessel carrying activists to Gaza to present humanitarian assistance rescued 4 migrants connected Thursday aft they had jumped into nan oversea from different alloy to debar being picked up by Libyan authorities.

The alloy Madleen, which is operated by nan Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was alerted by nan European Union's Frontex separator power agency and arrived astatine nan location successful nan Mediterranean wherever it recovered 30-40 group connected a "boat that was quickly deflating."

As nan Madleen launched its ain inflatable rescue boat, a Libyan seashore defender alloy approached astatine precocious speed, nan conjugation said.

"To debar being taken by nan Libyan authorities, 4 group jumped into nan sea, and began desperately swimming toward nan Madleen,'' which rescued them.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition protested nan return of nan different migrants to Libya, wherever quality authorities campaigners person said they look maltreatment and moreover torture.

It besides has called connected Italy, Greece and Malta to prime up those now connected committee nan Madleen and bring them to information successful Europe.

Swedish ambiance campaigner Greta Thunberg is among nan 12 activists aboard nan Madleen which departed Sicily connected Sunday connected a ngo that intends to break nan oversea blockade connected Gaza and present humanitarian assistance while raising consciousness complete nan increasing humanitarian situation successful nan Palestinian enclave.

The voyage is expected to past 7 days.

Among nan others connected committee are “Game of Thrones” character Liam Cunningham and Rima Hassan, a French personnel of nan European Parliament who is of Palestinian descent.

She has been barred from entering Israel owed to her progressive guidance to nan Israeli subject cognition successful Gaza.

After an almost three-month blockade aimed astatine putting unit connected Hamas, Israel started allowing immoderate basal assistance into Gaza past month, but humanitarian workers have warned of famine unless nan afloat travel of supplies resumes.

Almost each of Gaza’s organization of 2.3 cardinal is acutely malnourished and 1 successful 5 Palestinians are connected nan brink of starvation, nan World Food Programme has warned.

An effort past period by nan Freedom Flotilla to scope Gaza by oversea grounded aft different of nan group’s vessels was attacked by 2 drones while sailing successful world waters disconnected Malta.

The group blamed Israel for nan onslaught which damaged nan beforehand of nan ship.