Israel’s MFA mocked the activist’s ‘selfie yacht’ carrying 12 ‘celebrity’ activists as they intercepted it, saying the ‘tiny amount of aid’ on board would be ‘transferred to Gaza through real humanitarian channels’.
‘The passengers are expected to return to their home countries,’ the government department wrote in a statement shared on X.
‘While Greta and others attempted to stage a media provocation whose sole purpose was to gain publicity — and which included less than a single truckload of aid — more than 1,200 aid trucks have entered Gaza from Israel within the past two weeks, and in addition, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has distributed close to 11 million meals directly to civilians in Gaza.