The Palestinian government in Gaza has stated that the occupation’s announcement of its interception of a ship in the Red Sea supposedly on its way to Gaza carrying advanced Iranian weapons is an Israeli fabrication “to justify the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip”.
An adviser to the cabinet, Taher Al-Nono, posted on his Facebook page that: “The Israeli announcement and the scenario about intercepting the weapons ship is a silly storyline in a failing film that is not convincing at all; used as a means to justify and prolong the blockade of Gaza, in correspondence with Egyptian attempts to eliminate Hamas.”
He added, “Hamas and Gaza will rise above the results of these regional policies that impose blockade and restrictions”, noting that preventing Algerian activist Jamila Bu Hreid, along with a delegation of 100 other female activists, from entering Gaza would be a clear and blatant Egyptian statement that it is blockading Gaza. So far, the Egyptian government has already deported Irish Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire and American activist Medea Benjamin.
Al-Nono stressed that “None of these actions will affect our wisdom in dealing with their outcome and our calmness in assessing the situation.”
The Israeli occupation claims it intercepted an Iranian ship sailing in the Red Sea on the borders between Eritrea and Sudan, 1500 km away from occupied Palestine.