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Handala Alters Course Amid Threat

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Hay Sha Wiya, FFC Press Officer [email protected] Handala Alters Course Amid Israeli Naval Threat At 08:46 local time, human rights defender Huwaida Arraf aboard the Handala issued an urgent update: Two vessels believed to be Israeli military crafts are currently very close to the Handala. Repeated attempts were made to contact […]

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19 Crew Members and 2 Journalists Sail Aboard Handala to Break Israel’s Blockade of Gaza

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2025 Contact: Hay Sha Wiya, Press Officer Email: [email protected] Website: www.freedomflotilla.org Gallipoli, Italy — On Sunday 20 July nineteen international human rights defenders and two journalists set sail on the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s boat Handala in a bold mission to challenge Israel’s illegal and inhumane blockade of the Palestinian people

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FFC’s Handala Launches from Gallipoli, Begins Final Leg of Its Journey to Break the Blockade — For the Children of Gaza

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: July 20, 2025 Contact: Hay Sha Wiya, Press Officer Email: [email protected] WhatsApp: +1 210-834-8155 Join Our Whatsapp group for real time updates: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BbMmkVEod4MFmvRvxk6HML Website: www.freedomflotilla.org Interview Requests: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7r5Wy2glAJI8gLV5dtsjcoIhIy9bheJ9CR_nOt1hFOZU-kg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=100716123373783889502 Media Available for Use with Credit: https://drive.proton.me/urls/4SC3W3VF3G#1pGqu7praxfd Gallipoli, Italy, July 20, 2025 — The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) announces that Handala, our civilian

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Update on Handala’s Departure to Gaza

Contact: Hay Sha Wiya, Press Officer Email: [email protected] WhatsApp: +1 210-834-8155 Join Our Whatsapp group for real time updates:https://chat.whatsapp.com/BbMmkVEod4MFmvRvxk6HML Website: www.freedomflotilla.org Interview Requests:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7r5Wy2glAJI8gLV5dtsjcoIhIy9bheJ9CR_nOt1hFOZU-kg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=100716123373783889502 Media Available for Use with Credit:https://drive.proton.me/urls/4SC3W3VF3G#1pGqu7praxfd Gallipoli, Italy, July 17, 2025 — The departure of our ship Handala from Gallipoli to Gaza has been postponed to July 20 due to final technical

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FFC’s Handala begins its journey to Gaza to break the blockade, For the Children of Gaza

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: July 13, 2025 Contact: Hay Sha Wiya, Press Officer Email: [email protected] WhatsApp: +1 210-834-8155 Website: www.freedomflotilla.org Siracusa, Italy, July 13, 2025 — Today, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) announces that Handala, our civilian aid boat, has officially set sail from Siracusa, Italy and begun its journey to Gaza. This marks a bold step

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The Freedom Flotilla is setting sail again

THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA IS SETTING SAIL AGAIN Handala will sail to break the blockade—for the children of Gaza Siracusa, Italy — On July 13, 2025 the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) will launch Handala—a civilian boat setting out to challenge Israel’s illegal, deadly blockade of Gaza. The vessel will carry life-saving humanitarian aid and a message of

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Finally Free – The Last Three Head Home – Ask You to Keep Mobilizing

All Madleen Volunteers Out of Prison and Headed Home After Unlawful Detention by Israel Monday June 16, 2025. For immediate release Occupied Palestine — The Freedom Flotilla Coalition confirms that all the international human rights defenders and journalists that were aboard the civilian aid ship Madleen are now en route home. The twelve were forcibly

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Freedom Flotilla Volunteers on the ‘Madleen’ face Solitary Confinement – Update from Adalah Legal team

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2025 CONTACT Hay Sha Wiya, FFC Press Officer WhatsApp: +1 210-834-8155 Submit interview requests here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7r5Wy2glAJI8gLV5dtsjcoIhIy9bheJ9CR_nOt1hFOZU-kg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=100716123373783889502 Media Available for Use with Credit: https://drive.proton.me/urls/CDYKESS7SC#ab0CGGgdRpYg Occupied Palestine – The Freedom Flotilla Coalition strongly condemns the Israeli government’s use of solitary confinement against two of its detained volunteers: Rima Hassan, a Palestinian Member

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Adalah Update on Detention Tribunal Hearing of Madleen Freedom Flotilla Volunteers

10 June 2025 *21:00 Jerusalem Time* Eight of the twelve international volunteers from the Madleen appeared today before an Israeli Detention Review Tribunal at the Ramleh detention center. The other four had already been deported. Israel is treating all 12 as if they “illegally entered” the illegal settler state, despite abducting them from international waters

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Four Deported, Eight Detained – Israel Holds ‘Madleen’ Group Illegally

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Hay Sha Wiya, FFC Press Officer WhatsApp: +1 210-834-8155 Submit interview requests here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7r5Wy2glAJI8gLV5dtsjcoIhIy9bheJ9CR_nOt1hFOZU-kg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=100716123373783889502 Media Available for Use with Credit: https://drive.proton.me/urls/CDYKESS7SC#ab0CGGgdRpYg Approximately 24 hours after contact was lost with our colleagues aboard the Madleen, lawyers from Adalah (the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel) were able to meet with

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