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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Contact lost with Handala; FFC says flotilla intercepted or attacked</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time">July 24, 2025</div>
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Freedom Flotilla Coalition loses contact with the Handala flotilla en
route to Gaza amid fears of Israeli interference and communication
jamming.</p><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
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The Handala freedom flotilla is off on its way to Gaza (@yipengGe)
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<p>The Freedom Flotilla Coalition announced that <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-injustice-in-gaza-can-t-be-ignored---handala-member-tells-a?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=%23Handala" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contact was lost with the Handala flotilla</a>, which was bound for Gaza to break the Israeli siege on humanitarian aid entering the enclave.</p>
<p>"All communications with the Handala's crew have been jammed," a
statement published on the FCC's telegram channel read, adding that they
lost all contact with the crew while multiple drones hovered over the
vessel. The FCC noted that this could mean the Handala could have been
intercepted or attacked.</p>
<p>"We need you to pressure for the safety of the crew," the FCC's
statement added, calling on people to contact their representatives and
local media to "pressure Israel to let 'Handala' go and <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/freedom-flotilla-s-handala-departs-sicily-in-bid-to-break-ga?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=%23Handala" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guarantee a safe passage to Gaza</a>."</p>
<p>Handala set sail two days ago from the Italian port of Gallipoli,
bound for Gaza, as part of the campaign to break the blockade amid the
ongoing war of genocide and starvation in the Strip.</p>
<h2>21 people aboard Handala</h2>
<p>Human rights activist and American actor Jacob Berger, who is participating in the ship's mission, told <strong>Al Mayadeen</strong> that 21 people, including six Americans, have joined Handala's mission, explaining that the goal is to break the <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/situation-in-gaza--reached-new-depths--continuing-to-worsen?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=%23Gaza" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal blockade on the Gaza Strip</a> and emphasizing that the success of the ship's mission would inspire other countries and ships to take similar action.</p>
<p>Berger also revealed that the vessel had been targeted in two
separate incidents, possibly with the intent to sabotage and disrupt its
mission, while stressing that morale remains very high and everyone is
fully committed to helping the Palestinian people.</p>
<p>Last June saw a similar campaign when the ship <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/greta-thunberg-slams--israel--for-kidnapping-madleen-activis?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=%23Madleen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Madleen" set sail with activists</a> from several countries on board, carrying humanitarian aid in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>As the ship approached Gaza, Israeli authorities ordered the military
to prevent it from reaching the coastal enclave, prompting naval
commandos from the elite <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hrf-files-complaint-against-israeli-unit-shayetet-13-over-ma?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=%23Madleen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Shayetet 13" unit to storm the vessel</a>, take control of it, and <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/8-gaza-flotilla-activists-under-israeli-detention--refuse-de" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detain the activists on board</a>, and later deport them to their countries.</p></div></div></div>
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