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A humanitarian ship carrying 12 international activists, including Swedish climate advocate Greta Thunberg, is sailing off Egypt’s northern coast in a renewed effort to break Israel’s longstanding blockade on Gaza. The vessel, named Madleen, is part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a grassroots campaign challenging the blockade and calling attention to what rights groups have described as a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. The ship departed from Sicily last week on Sunday, 1 June, loaded with essential aid and medical…
