00:01Waved off by a small crowd, the Handala crew prepares to set sail from Syracuse in the south of Italy.
00:08On board is medical and food aid destined to be handed out to people living in Gaza.
00:14This blockade has been going on for almost 20 years now in Gaza, this illegal siege of Gaza,
00:20where food, water and medicine is denied to the people of Gaza.
00:24We're seeing images right now of women and children being funneled into cages and being shot down.
00:29This is not what I'm saying, this is what Israeli soldiers are telling their own media that they're doing.
00:35And the whole world is silent and watching this going on.
00:39But the Handala will make a first stop to pick up two hard left French politicians from the France Unbound Party.
00:47They'll be joining the 15 activists already on board, which includes lawyers, doctors and journalists.
00:53Israel imposed a blockade on aid reaching Gaza in March and prevented another ship, the Madeline, from reaching the enclave last month.
01:03Those on board were detained and deported after they were stopped 185 kilometres from its coast.
01:09Bombings, meanwhile, continue there, with dozens of people killed on Sunday, including children, collecting water at a distribution point.
01:18We treated 17 patients, including seven children.
01:28The patients suffered from various injuries, including fractures.
01:32We are experiencing a health crisis and a shortage of medical and health resources due to the severe blockade on the Gaza Strip.
01:41The Israeli army said that it's aimed for a member of the Islamic Jihad group and admitted it had failed to reach its target due to a technical error.
