Israel blocks aid for Gaza

THE Israeli navy ordered a small ferry carrying medical supplies and foreign peace activists to Gaza to turn back, a spokesman for the group said yesterday.

The Israeli military refused to comment. There are also reports that all passengers and crew, including two from Ireland were arreste.

The voyage’s organisers, the Free Gaza Movement, said the vessel, the Spirit of Humanity, left the Cypriot port of Larnaca on Monday with three tons of medical supplies.