(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, called on Middle Eastern countries to prevent the new Freedom Flotilla from heading to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian supplies next month.
Ban Ki-moon sent letters to several leaders telling them that supplies must be transferred to the Gaza Strip through what he called "legal channels", and existing mechanisms, and added that "violence must be avoided", the Maan News Agency reported. His statements came as the new flotilla launched on the one-year anniversary of the deadly "Israeli" attack against the Freedom Flotilla when nine activists were killed after the "Israeli" navy violently boarded the Turkish ship; dozens were injured.
The new Freedom Flotilla will be heading to Gaza in the second half of next month, and at least ten ships from several European countries, and one from the US, will be part of it. Physicians, Academics, Artists and Reporters will be onboard, and will attempt to deliver relief supplies to the besieged coastal region.
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