Freedom Flotilla for Gaza aid further delayed after Guinea-Bissau withdraws ships

A ‘Freedom Flotilla’ aiming to set off from Turkiye to deliver urgent aid to the besieged Gaza Strip has been further delayed due to the withdrawal of two ships under the flag of Guinea-Bissau, apparently as a result of Israeli pressure. According to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition – consisting of NGOs and associations aiming to deliver aid to Gaza – the convoy of vessels was unable to set sail over the past few days after the West African country of Guinea-Bissau pulled out its two flagged vessels from the Flotilla. “The Guinea-Bissau International Ships Registry (GBISR), in a blatantly political move, informed the Freedom Flotilla Coalition that it had withdrawn the Guinea Bissau flag from two of the Freedom Flotilla’s […]