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Israel seizes Rachel Corrie aid ship

Israel Materials 5 June 2010 08:39 (UTC +04:00)
The Israeli Navy has seized a new Gaza-bound aid ship Rachel Corrie following its earlier attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, PRESS TV reported according to activists.
Israel seizes Rachel Corrie aid ship

The Israeli Navy has seized a new Gaza-bound aid ship Rachel Corrie following its earlier attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, PRESS TV reported according to activists.

Activists on board the Irish ship said on Saturday that their ship was intercepted, Reuters reported.

Israeli forces boarded the ship some 55 km (35 miles) out in the Mediterranean, said a spokeswoman for the campaign group supporting the ship.

The new ship, scheduled to arrive in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, was aimed to break the three-year-long blockade of the coastal sliver.

The Rachel Corrie is carrying some 750 tons of aid including medical and school supplies, and 15 people including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire and former UN assistant secretary general Denis Halliday.

The ship is named after Rachel Corrie, a US activist killed in 2003 as she tried to prevent an Israeli military bulldozer from razing a Palestinian home in Rafah.

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