Urgent: drone flying above Madleen humanitarian Freedom Flotilla vessel (video)

Take action and track vessel

The Gaza Freedom Flotilla humanitarian aid vessel – which is sailing to Gaza with a volunteer crew after its predecessor was bombed by Israeli drones – is being shadowed and menaced by a – presumably – Israeli drone. The Flotilla organisation is asking well-wishers to take immediate action to put as much international attention on the vessel and its mission as possible, in the hope of deterring another bombing attack:

Crew member Thiago Avila posted an audio update asking supporters to track and support the vessel against the threat:

A similar but shorter video message was also published:

The group’s Twitter account has provided a link for followers to track the ship’s position live:

Follow it here and contact your elected representatives urgently to demand action of the UK government to intervene.

Update 4 June: the Freedom Flotilla said it was informed that the drone is operated by Greece and the crew was safe. However, two drones are now back and the Greek authorities have refused to say whether they are operating them:

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