Fellow NATO member Spain — where the flotilla departed from — later announced it too would send a naval ship, which the country’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said was being deployed “to ensure that, if necessary, our citizens can be rescued and brought back.” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni clarified that the naval ship was not expected to use military force, calling the activist maritime gambit “dangerous, irresponsible,” while also condemning the drone harassment.
Her Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani noted there were “Italian citizens, along with members of parliament and MEPs” among the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists in the Global Sumud Flotilla, which reported hearing more than a dozen nearby explosions as it sailed off Greece late Tuesday. It also reported damage caused by “unidentified objects” dropped on deck. (Read More)
