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Israel Blocks Gaza-Bound Aid Boat Carrying Greta Thunberg
The Philippine Star
|June 10, 2025
Israeli forces stopped a Gaza-bound aid boat and detained Greta Thunberg and other activists who were on board on Monday, enforcing a long-standing blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been tightened during the war with Hamas.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces stopped a Gaza-bound aid boat and detained Greta Thunberg and other activists who were on board on Monday, enforcing a long-standing blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been tightened during the war with Hamas.
The activists had set out to protest Israel's ongoing military campaign in the Gaza Strip, which is among the deadliest and most destructive since World War II, and its restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid, both of which have put the territory of some two million Palestinians at risk of famine.
This story is from the June 10, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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