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Israel Seizes Humanitarian Boat From Gaza – Reports

© AP Photo / Ariel Schalit, FileFILE - In this May 31, 2010 file photo the Mavi Marmara ship, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos in a predawn confrontation, sails into the port of Ashdod, Israel.
FILE - In this May 31, 2010 file photo the Mavi Marmara ship, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos in a predawn confrontation, sails into the port of Ashdod, Israel. - Sputnik International
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As Anadolu reported previously, the second humanitarian flotilla left on Tuesday the Gaza Strip in hope to break the blockade of the Hamas-run enclave.

Israel's navy has seized a Palestinian boat on Tuesday that tried to depart from a Gaza port, AP news agency reported Tuesday. A total of 11 Palestinians were taking part in the second humanitarian flotilla, some of them were earlier injured during the clashes with the Israeli army, the Anadolu news agency reported citing the Gaza’s National Committee for Breaking the Siege.

"Gaza has proved to the whole world that it does not accept submission despite the continuous blockade … Latest Israeli procedures of tightening up the blockade on Gaza will not force Palestinians to give up on Palestine," Hani Thawabtah, a member of the committee, said at a press conference, as quoted by Anadolu.

An Israeli soldier takes a photograph with his mobile phone during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. A pair of Palestinian men boarded a bus in Jerusalem and began shooting and stabbing passengers, while another assailant rammed a car into a bus station before stabbing bystanders, in near-simultaneous attacks Tuesday that escalated a monthlong wave of violence - Sputnik International
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The organization also called on all local and international officials to provide the flotilla with protection from all possible Israeli aggressive actions.

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The previous flotilla tried to leave the Gaza Strip on May 29. The Israeli naval forces intercepted the boat and detained all 17 Palestinians on its board. The ship’s captain is still in custody while other participants of the flotilla were released.

Commenting on the tough situation in Gaza, Israel repeatedly stated that it was necessary to stop Hamas and other militant groups operating in the self-proclaimed state from obtaining weapons or materials that could be used to produce them.

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The incident took place after on Monday Israel closed its only goods crossing with the Gaza Strip, reacting to weeks of fires at farms caused by kites and balloons carrying firebombs from the Palestinian enclave.

According to a spokesman for Israel's fire service, some 750 fires have burned 2,600 hectares, putting the damage at hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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