SYROS: Two ships set sail Sunday evening from the Greek island of Syros to join the Global Sumud Flotilla, an international mission aiming to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid, AFP journalists saw.<\/p>\n
Chanting \u201cFree Palestine,\u201d around 500 people gathered at the port of Ermopoulis to see off the two Greece-flagged boats, the Oxygen and Ilektra, carrying goods for famine-hit Gaza along with five and eight people on board respectively.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the way to show Israel that it shouldn\u2019t have the right to impose starvation,\u201d Kostas Fourikos, a 39-year-old crew member told AFP. \u201cAnd of course to send the message of solidarity to the Palestinians, who suffer so much.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another crew member, Angeliki Savvantoglou, said the flotilla aimed to \u201cput pressure on our own governments to also stop collaborating with Israel and stop this genocide.<\/p>\n
\u201cEventually, we want this genocide to stop,\u201d the 35-year-old added.<\/p>\n
The two vessels are set to join the rest of the fleet, which hopes to help relieve the spiralling humanitarian crisis in Gaza as Israel\u2019s war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas grinds on.<\/p>\n
In August, as a result of the conflict, the United Nations officially declared famine in and around Gaza City, home to around a million people.<\/p>\n
Israel denies the existence of famine in the coastal territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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