Gaza, as is well known, is labouring under a partial blockade, which is resulting in health problems for the local population. As the BBC explains:
The family’s diet is heavy in bread, rice and vegetable oil. Earlier this month, a leaked report from the International Committee of the Red Cross found that this kind of diet – carbohydrate-rich, but lacking in vitamins – was causing malnutrition among Gaza’s children.
We see below, an example of the sort of carbohydrate rich diet which is so dangerous to the health of Gazans:
As we all know, when other countries try to send much needed aid into Gaza, the Israeli Navy outrageously and in breach of international law boards those ships and confiscates their contents. Here is an example from only today:
The IDF seized a freighter ship with dozens of tons of weaponry from Iran headed for Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
The ship, known as Victoria, was flying a Liberian flag, and was seized by the navy in the Meditteranean Sea, 200 miles off of Israel’s coast.
The Victoria was boarded by commandos from the Israely Navy’s Flotilla 13, also known as the Shayetet, and is expected to arrive in the Ashdod port on Tuesday evening.
An initial inspection of the cargo revealed the ship was carrying weapons. The exact amount is to be determined.
The crew, questioned by the Navy Commando, was not aware that the cargo contained weaponry.
The ship set sail last night from Turkey, and was expected to dock in Alexandria. There, it was supposed to unload the weapons, which would travel by land to Gaza. The IDF’s assessment is that the weapons did not originate in Turkey, but that the containers were unloaded there and transferred onto the Victoria .
I imagine that Turkey will be lodging an immediate protest. Perhaps they will want to send warships to escort future shipments to Gaza
