Remember the infamous Mavi Marmara incident of 2010 when a freedom flotilla set sail from Turkey and ended with the IDF boarding the Mavi Marama as they tried to break the blockade?
Well the Turkish government is sending a new flotilla of ships to Rafah which will be led by the Mavi Marmara and the objective is, once again, to break the Israeli blockade.
The flotilla is backed by the terrorist-supporting IHH and is being organized by Turkey’s intelligence chief.
Here’s the report from JPOST:
Turkey is set to send a flotilla to Gaza on Monday, bringing 5,500 tons of aid to “break the siege” on the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Sunday.
The flotilla itself is organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), a group of 12 NGOs from countries such as the US, Turkey, and South Africa.
The organization is backed by Fehmi Bulent Yildirim, a Turkish humanitarian activist and president of the Turkish NGO IHH. In a press conference, Yildirim said the flotilla will include ships from Turkey, Lebanon, and Libya and will sail to Rafah after first docking at El-Arish in Egypt, Ynet reported.
According to a Globes report, the flotilla will also include Zwelivelile “Mandla” Mandela, the grandson of former South African president Nelson Mandela, and Aleida Guevara, the daughter of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara.
Ynet claimed that Turkish authorities would approve the flotilla, and the country’s intelligence chief was involved in arranging it.
IHH has also been accused of aiding or having links to different extremist groups. This includes multiple accusations of links to al-Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Just another group of terrorists trying to put Israel in a bad place. But you can be sure Israel will be ready for them.