Israeli military escorts Gaza-bound aid flotilla flagship to port of Ashdod
Published time: June 29, 2015 19:51
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The ship that was trying to lead a flotilla of aid boats to the blockaded Gaza has arrived to the Israeli port of Ashdod after being apprehended by the Israeli military. It was detained earlier on Monday and there has been no contact with it for hours.
It is unclear what is going to happen to the people aboard the vessel, RT's Paula Slier reports from the port of Ashdod. They could be detained on the spot or escorted to the Ben Gurion airport to be sent out of Israel first thing Tuesday morning.
RT columnist Nadezhda Kevorkova is on board the flagship, the Marianne. Prior to the ship's detention she said by phone that there was a military helicopter and a plane flying above and near the flotilla.
Contact was lost at 10:57 GMT, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition said. The ships were some 100 nautical miles from their destination at that moment. The three other vessels that formed the flotilla with the Marianne turned back to return to their port of origin, the organization said.
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