'Sabotaged' Irish ship pulls out of Gaza flotilla

An Irish ship has dropped out of the pro-Palestinian flotilla planning to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, citing sabotage, and a US ship declared it may set sail from a Greek port for Gaza without permission, activists said.

'Sabotaged' Irish ship pulls out of Gaza flotilla

An Irish ship has dropped out of the pro-Palestinian flotilla planning to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, citing sabotage, and a US ship declared it may set sail from a Greek port for Gaza without permission, activists said.

Up to 400 international activists had been due to sail this week to Gaza aboard 10 ships leaving from Greece to protest against the naval blockade that Israel imposed on the Palestinian territory after Hamas militants overran it in 2007.

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