PNN – The Hamas movement, the Palestinian government in Gaza, and the Palestinian Popular Front considered the Zionist action to seize the aid ship “Hanzala” a violation of maritime navigation laws and piracy.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, the Islamic resistance movement Hamas issued a statement describing the Zionist regime’s action in seizing the aid ship “Hanzala” and kidnapping its passengers as a new crime of terrorism and piracy, and considered it a clear challenge to the conscience and will of humanity.
The statement said: By attacking the humanitarian ship “Hanzala” in international waters and preventing it from reaching the besieged Gaza Strip, the Zionist occupying army once again showed that it does not adhere to any of the humanitarian rules and international law. This is while Gaza is exposed to a full-scale war, a systematic starvation policy, and a brutal siege.
Hamas, while praising the courage of the international activists on board, emphasized that their message of solidarity has reached the people of Gaza and the world, and that world public opinion has become more aware of the crimes of the occupying regime.
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The movement also praised the people’s efforts to break the siege on Gaza, considering these movements a reflection of the living conscience of humanity that exposes the true nature of the Zionist regime and the complicity of some powers with it.
Hamas holds Benjamin Netanyahu’s government fully responsible for the health and lives of the ship’s passengers and calls on all free people in the world to continue the campaign to send ships and convoys in solidarity.
Palestinian government: Zionist action in seizing the “Hanzala” ship is a violation of maritime navigation laws
The Palestinian Information Office strongly condemned the attack by the Zionist military on the aid ship “Hanzala”, which was heading to the Gaza coast as part of a humanitarian mission to break the unjust siege of the Gaza Strip in international waters.
The Palestinian Information Office in Gaza also considered this Zionist action a clear violation of international law and maritime navigation laws, and emphasized that the occupiers, with their evil and illegal actions, are targeting any humanitarian initiative to save more than 2.4 million hungry Palestinians trapped in the Gaza Strip.
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: Seizure of Hanzala ship is “piracy”
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in its initial reaction to the Zionist action to seize the Hanzala aid ship, called it piracy and condemned the action.
This front held the Zionist occupiers fully responsible for the safety of the pro-Palestinian activists on this ship and emphasized: The freedom activists loudly proclaimed the message from Gaza that the Zionists are the real losers.
The Hanzala ship set sail from the port of San Giovanni le Coti in the Italian city of Catania on June 1st as part of the latest mission of the NGO “Freedom Flotilla Coalition” to break the siege of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid to the region.