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Published 02 Oct, 2025 09:53am

UN expert asks if civilian aid flotilla can get close to Gaza, why can’t a navy ship?

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, has questioned why nations around the world have not tried to break the Israeli military’s naval blockade of Gaza, where Israel stands accused of genocide and engineering famine against civilians.

“If ordinary citizens of the world, with small and underresourced boats can do that, why states don’t break the blockade with their navies?” she posted on X.

“Is this the world we live in? No, we do not accept it.”

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