Israeli Navy stops supply ship in international waters

A group of doctors, journalists, lawmakers and human rights workers aboard a ship packed with medicine destined for the Gaza Strip says that the Israeli Navy threatened to kill them as they sailed in international waters some 100 miles from the coast of Gaza. A similar attempt to  deliver aid by the Free Gaza Movement was thwarted by Israel's Navy about two weeks ago, when gunboats smashed into and nearly sank a ship carrying supplies and unarmed civilians. For the second time in less than one month, a ship is being forced to turn back before the much-needed aid reaches Gaza.

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