{"id":18531,"date":"2025-06-08T17:33:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T17:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=18531"},"modified":"2025-06-08T17:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T17:33:48","slug":"israel-deploys-200-soldiers-to-block-gaza-bound-maddeline-aid-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/06\/08\/israel-deploys-200-soldiers-to-block-gaza-bound-maddeline-aid-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Deploys 200 Soldiers to Block Gaza-Bound \u201cMaddeline\u201d Aid Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-6 ai-optimize-introduction\"><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla ship &#8220;Maddeline&#8221; say that Israeli occupation forces have mobilized more than 200 soldiers to intercept the vessel. The activists are calling on global leaders to secure a \u201csafe passage\u201d for the ship, which aims to break the years-long blockade on the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-68\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ed9d13e8-982f-4cf9-b12b-0b87ad9992f6\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\" data-start=\"1043\" data-end=\"1104\">Brazilian activist Thiago \u00c1vila said in an Instagram video:\u201cThe sun has risen, and we are just 190 miles from Gaza to break the blockade and create a humanitarian sea corridor for the Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\" data-start=\"1254\" data-end=\"1265\">He added:\u201cMorale is high aboard Maddeline despite Israeli threats. Israeli media reports indicate the deployment of three special forces units\u2014S13, S6, and S3\u2014each with 80 commandos, alongside naval and air support, including helicopters. These are the same units used in war crimes. The S13 unit was responsible for killing 10 participants in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla 15 years ago aboard the Mavi Marmara.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18522\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18522\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18522 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2789-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli children sent in boat with misleading messaging confront human rights activists,\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2789-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2789-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2789-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2789-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2789.jpg 1155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israel deployed a group of young children in a boat off Gaza to confront the Madeleine Flotilla\u2019s human rights activists with propaganda.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\" data-start=\"1254\" data-end=\"1265\">\u00c1vila called on supporters to act:\u201cWe have a chance to stop this assault through mobilization. Pressure your governments to demand safe passage, provide naval support, cut ties with Israel, and uphold the international treaties they\u2019ve signed. This is the greatest battle in our history. Aboard our small vessel, our nonviolent humanitarian mission continues!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\" data-start=\"2038\" data-end=\"2192\">In comments to Al-Quds Al-Arabi earlier, \u00c1vila said that Maddeline seeks to correct the course of history and achieve \u201csocial justice\u201d in Palestine:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-26\" data-start=\"2195\" data-end=\"2322\">\u201cThroughout human history, every empire that seemed invincible eventually fell. The ideologies built on hatred came to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-12\" data-start=\"2324\" data-end=\"2564\">The vessel is expected to reach Palestinian territorial waters on Sunday. It carries 10 activists and 2 journalists, along with some food supplies. Though limited in cargo, its symbolic weight as a challenge to Israel\u2019s blockade is immense.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18517\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18517 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/229-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz announced on Sunday that he has instructed the military to take action to prevent the humanitarian ship &quot;Madeliene&quot; from reaching Gaza,\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/229-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/229-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/229-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/229-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/229.jpg 1155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ship &#8220;Madeliene&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-13\" data-start=\"2566\" data-end=\"2692\">French activists aboard the ship sent a video message to President Emmanuel Macron, shared by MEP Rima Hassan on X, stating:\u201cMr. President, our Freedom Flotilla crew will be within 48 hours of the Palestinian coast, including six French citizens speaking to you now. Our mission is legal, political, and deeply peaceful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-14\" data-start=\"2894\" data-end=\"3021\">They reminded that 10 UN Special Rapporteurs previously called for a safe passage for the Flotilla, affirming two key points:<\/p>\n<ol data-start=\"3022\" data-end=\"3166\">\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-15\" data-start=\"3022\" data-end=\"3098\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-16\" data-start=\"3025\" data-end=\"3098\">Palestinians in Gaza have the right to receive humanitarian aid by sea.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-17\" data-start=\"3099\" data-end=\"3166\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-18\" data-start=\"3102\" data-end=\"3166\">The waters Israel claims to control legally belong to Palestine.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-19\" data-start=\"3168\" data-end=\"3332\">The ship carries prominent French figures, including European Parliament member Rima Hassan, physician Baptiste Andr\u00e9, and activists Pascal Maur\u00e9ras and Riva Viard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-20\" data-start=\"3334\" data-end=\"3387\">Their message to Macron ended with a stark warning:\u201cAct now because the world is watching. If we\u2019re attacked by the most aggressive and immoral military\u2014led by a war criminal\u2014a part of humanity will sink along with our ship. You have 36 hours to act.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18490\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18490 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/29666-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Freedom Flotilla Coalition condemned Israeli threats to stop the civilian aid ship Madeleine headed to Gaza.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/29666-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/29666-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/29666-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/29666-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/29666.jpg 1155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freedom Flotilla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-21\" data-start=\"3592\" data-end=\"3679\">Meanwhile, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Al-Shabrawi shared a video from Gaza\u2019s coast:\u201cGreetings from Gaza Port. We\u2019re waiting for the Maddeline\u2014the ship of freedom and solidarity. To all the free people of the world: come, sail to Gaza. Break the siege. Stop the genocide. Gaza is bleeding, but we remain steadfast. To all those on Maddeline: we are waiting. Free Gaza now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-22\" data-start=\"3973\" data-end=\"4159\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The Maddeline also carried out another humanitarian act during its voyage, rescuing four Sudanese migrants after receiving a distress call from their sinking boat off the Libyan coast<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla ship &#8220;Maddeline&#8221; say that Israeli occupation forces have mobilized more than 200 soldiers to intercept the vessel. The activists are calling on global leaders to secure a \u201csafe passage\u201d for the ship, which aims to break the years-long blockade on the Gaza Strip. Brazilian activist Thiago \u00c1vila said in an &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[4108,5887,740],"class_list":["post-18531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","tag-rima-hassan","tag-the-freedom-flotilla-ship-maddeline","tag-the-israeli-occupation-forces"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Israel Deploys 200 Soldiers to Block Gaza-Bound \u201cMaddeline\u201d Aid Ship - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As the humanitarian ship &quot;Maddeline&quot; approaches Gaza, activists onboard report Israeli deployment of over 200 commandos.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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