A supply convoy headed for Gaza will be rerouted, according to Israeli government officials. There’s a blockade that has been imposed since 2007 that blocks their direct route to Gaza. The government has agreed to allow the flotilla to dock at Ashdod, a port in Israel, unload the supplies and then transfer it to Gaza. The convoy is made of up two groups, the Free Gaza Movement which is a pro-Palestinian human rights organization and the IHH movement which is a Turkish humanitarian relief foundation that is affiliated with the Islamic Brotherhood. According to them the convoy is carrying construction material, medical equipment, school supplies and 750 activists of various nationalities.
The government is clearly upset about this, a spokesman saying that this is “"a cheap political stunt. If they were really interested in the well being of the people of Gaza, they would have accepted the offers of Egypt or Israel to transfer humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, along with the other 15 thousand tons sent every week." Ambassadors from the countries that the convoy departed from have been called to meet with the director general of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make it clear that the convoy is being seen as a provocation and that there aren’t any shortages in Gaza humanitarian or otherwise.
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