Communication with the Women’s Boat to Gaza has ceased leading media organisations and activists to believe Israel is jamming signal to the boat.
Al Jazeera, which has a journalist and camerawoman aboard the Zaytouna, said it has been unable to reach its correspondent for over an hour leading it to believe Israel has jammed signal to boat.
It is expected that the Israeli navy will now be telling the boat’s Captain, US Army Colonel Ann Wright, to turn around before the Zaytouna enters Gaza’s Israeli occupied water and risks being intercepted by the navy and its crew detained.
The Zaytouna is currently in international waters with a crew of 13 international activists on board.
Thousands of Gazans have been waving Palestinian flags along the beach in preparation for the Zaytouna’s arrival and in solidarity for the peace activists who hoped to break the decade-long blockade on the Strip and breathe hope to those living in the enclave.
The Israeli Navy is expected to lead the Zaytouna to the port of Ashdod, north of the Gaza Strip, where the women will be handed over to authorities, questioned and deported.
The Israeli army has refused to comment on the reports saying a statement will be released in due course.
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Source: BREAKING: Israel stops Women’s Boat to Gaza, reports – Middle East Monitor
