Ma'an – A second boat will leave Ireland to join the Freedom Flotilla heading to Gaza...
The boat follows the MV Rachel Corrie, which raised anchor on Saturday, and will head to the Mediterranean port of Cyprus, where it will join the Rachel, three Turkish ships and five from Greece all heading toward the Gaza Port.
All nine boats are set to cast anchor at Gaza City's docks on 27 May, Al-Khudari said, following their rendezvous in Cyprus on 25 May.
The flotilla, organized by a coalition of groups from around the globe, will bring some 10,000 tons of reconstruction material, medical equipment and school supplies to the coastal region under siege.
Hundreds of activists protesting Israel's siege on Gaza will also be aboard the vessels, which will reportedly face a bevy of Israeli naval ships... Full story
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