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Libyan aid ship docks at Greek port; still plans to reach Gaza Strip

Bethlehem - Ma'an - The Libyan ship blocked from docking at Gaza's port this week will try again after picking up new passengers from Greece, where the boat docked in Crete overnight, according to a statement sent to Ma'an.
group called the Palestinian Brotherhood Association said that the Libyan ship landed in the port of Crete to pick up more foreign solidarity activists and travel back to the Gaza Strip, this time hoping to actually make landfall.

"The ship came docked at the Greek port to pick up a group of foreigners and take them to the port of Gaza, as soon as possible, to challenge the blockade," the statement said.

The association also denied claims made by Israel that the ship was laden with weaponry, saying that Greek immigration officials "saw what this ship will be carrying."

On Wednesday, Libya accused Israel of piracy at a meeting of the United Nations (UN) Security Council for blocking a Libyan ship from delivering humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip earlier this week.

Libya reportedly called for an emergency session of the Security Council to protest Israel’s interdiction of the ship, which officials said contained 3,000 tons of basic supplies. Israeli warships forced the vessel to reroute its course to Egypt.

Libyan UN Ambassador Giadallah Ettalhi told the 15-nation council that the Israeli action was "an act of piracy" as defined by the UN law of the sea.
 
 

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