Over fifty Flotilla boats approach Gaza: for Israel it is a provocation supported by Hamas. Tel Aviv prepares the interception at sea with the Navy and the Shayetet 13 special unit, while Giorgia Meloni warns: aid can only pass through safe channels, not from dangerous challenges
There Flotilla direct to Gaza He has now overcome the surveillance radius of the Israeli army and aims to cross the so -called “orange line”, the sea area considered to be maximum risk. There are more than fifty boats that, presenting themselves as a humanitarian mission, have sailed with the aim of reaching the Palestinian population. But for Jerusalem and not only, the reality is very different: behind the civil facade, yet another political provocation is hidden, an operation designed to incrint the legitimacy of the naval blockage and give visibility to Hamas.
The evidence collected by theIsraeli intelligence they speak clearly: the Flotilla It is not a simple solidarity mission, but an initiative supported and facilitated by Hamas. Documents seized a Gaza they revealed hidden funding, Logistic roofs and the decisive role of the Islamist propaganda machine in transforming shipment into a political event. Objective: to force Israel to a spectacular intervention and feed a new media campaign against the Jewish state.
Israeli military sources fear clashes and a possible accident during the operation, which does not announce the mass of boats involved. All as expected, therefore: Israel had promised that he would have the imposed naval blockade respect on the waters of Gaza And he prepared a massive device to stop the so -called GSF, while surfing international waters. The raids of the special unit also participate in the action Shayetet 13called to take control of the boats. Men have received the order not to use “lethal force”, but in such a delicate situation the unknowns remain numerous. The Navy plans to transfer the activists to a large military ship equipped with cells and to tow the boats towards the port of Ashdod, With the possibility that some will be sunk at sea.
In the afternoon, 180 miles from Gaza, the Italian frigate Alpinesent to provide assistance, communicated to the convoy that at 2 am – when the distance is reduced to 150 miles – it will stop “in order not to prejudice the security guarantees of the people embarked in any way”. It is the red line that cannot be exceeded without entering the collision course with the IDF. However, the ship of the Italian Navy has given availability to welcome any people who want to move on board.
It is not the first time that it happens. Already in 2010, with the story of the Mavi Marmaraa ship presented as a peace mission proved to be anything but neutral: there were not only activists on board, but militants linked to extremist organizations. The episode ended with clashes and victims, demonstrating how risky to confuse aid and propaganda. Today the story seems to repeat itself, with Hamas trying to use solidarity as a shield for one’s interests.
In Italy, meanwhile, the trade unions CGIL And USB They threatened that “they touch or block them, they will be general strike”. A message that already feeds processions and occupations of schools and universities, with the risk of transforming itself into an unaware megaphone of the propaganda of Hamas.
From the government the line was clear. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani He said he talked to the Israeli counterpart “to ask not to use violence, if they stop the Italians of the Flotilla”. Guido Crosetto invited the crews to “choose an alternative solution”, while Matteo Salvini He openly asked the stop to navigation. But it was the premier Giorgia Meloni To put the most clear political point: «I read with amazement the words of the flotilla that accuses me of considering a danger of unarmed civilian and ships charged with aid. The truth is simple: those aid can be delivered without risk through the safe channels already prepared. Insiste in wanting to force a naval block means to make themselves – consciously or not – tools of those who want to blow up any possibility of a ceased. So save us the moral lessons on peace if your goal is the escalation. And do not exploit the civilian population of Gaza if you don’t really care about their destiny ».
The premier thus dismantled the ambiguity of the mission, clarifying that the Flotilla It is not a neutral act, but a political gesture built to delegitimize Israel and to back up Hamas. The Jewish state He has the right and duty to defend his safety and prevent the blockage from being violated. Allowing uncontrolled passages would mean opening the way for trafficking of weapons and militants, with devastating consequences. Behind the proclamations of peace, therefore, he hides a destabilization strategy. Israel It remains firm, and Italy, with Meloni in the front row, has chosen not to fall into the trap. Peace does not go from provocations to sea, but from serious negotiations and safe channels for aid. Everything else is only propaganda.
