27.12.2010                     20.Tevet, 5771

"Hilfsschiff":

Israel tracking aid ship headed from Asia to Gaza

Activists aboard ship docked in Syria plan to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza to bring $1 million in supplies.

Israel is tracking an Asian aid ship that has docked in Syria and has declared plans to sail to the Gaza Strip to break the Israel-imposed sea blockade over the Palestinian territory.
According to press reports, the Asia 1 ship carrying around 160 activists, is waiting for Egyptian government approval to sail to the port of El Arish and from there to then sail to Gaza. The ship is reportedly carrying $1 million worth of supplies including a large medical shipment donated by the Iranian Red Crescent….