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The boat was carrying humanitarian supplies and prominent activists who had previously attempted to sail to Gaza on the Madleen, another Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship, with the goal of breaking Israel’s siege.
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Netanyahu said the Israeli air force had bombed at least 50 residential towers in Gaza City in just two days as he promised, claiming that the military was “eliminating terror towers."
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The attack is the first time Israel has attacked Qatar, which has been a key mediator in the ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas.
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The sanctions include a full arms embargo, bans on ships and aircraft carrying weapons or fuel to Israel, blockings goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian land and banning people directly involved with Israel's genocide from entering Spain.
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The first wave of boats arrived in Tunisia on Sept. 7 to meet with other groups of activists that gathered to sail together to Gaza.
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People filled the streets wearing red to symbolize a “red line”, chanting for a ceasefire and carrying a giant banner listing all the names of Palestinians killed in Gaza.
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People said that the sketch demonstrated Israel’s longstanding policy of violating the rights of Palestinians, noting that its current genocide in Gaza didn’t start with Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, but way before that.
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Videos and reports from the demonstration showed police arresting several elderly protesters, some in wheelchairs or disabled.
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Protests calling for the Israel-Premier Tech team to be expelled from the race due to Israel’s genocide in Gaza had been ongoing since the start of La Vuelta in August.
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Scotland's First Minister John Swinney told the parliament that “a genocide is unfolding” in Gaza and called it a “humanitarian catastrophe of historic proportions.”
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The shutdown cost the company an estimated £300,000 in lost sales and tax revenue.
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The audience stood up for 23 minutes and 50 seconds, applauding, chanting "Free Palestine" and waving Palestine flags.