Gaza flotilla raid: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

A BBC investigation found that the aid consignment consisted of "thousands of tons" of aid, including large quantities of much needed building supplies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/appeals/esc_bulletins/2011/death_in_med.pdf|title=Findings of the Editorial Standards Committee of the BBC Trust (Death in the Med)|pages=109–110|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref> Israel said humanitarian aid confiscated from the ships would be transferred to Gaza, but that it would not transfer banned items such as cement.<ref name="haaretz-at least" /> At the same briefing, they said that they found construction equipment, including concrete and metal rods, that were not allowed into Gaza. The IDF said that all of the equipment on board was examined and none of it was in shortage in Gaza.<ref>{{cite news |last=Friedman |first=Ron |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177165 |title=Equipment not in shortage in Gaza |work=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=2 June 2010}}</ref>

According to Israeli and Palestinian sources, [[Hamas]] refused to allow the humanitarian aid into Gaza until Israeli authorities released all flotilla detainees and allowed building materials, which are thought to make up 8,000 of the 10,000 tons of the goods, to reach them.<ref name="hamas refuses"/><ref name="Hamas block">{{cite news |last=Meranda |first=Amnon |date=2 June 2010 |title=Hamas blocking delivery of aid |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3898181,00.html |work=Ynetnews |location=Tel Aviv |access-date=2 June 2011}}</ref><ref name="HamasAid">{{Cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/06/02/israel.palestinians.aid/ |title=IDF: Hamas stops flotilla aid delivered by Israel |publisher=CNN |date=2 June 2010 |access-date=3 June 2010|quote=Ra'ed Fatooh, in charge of the crossings, and Jamal Khudari, head of a committee against the Gaza blockade, said Israel must release all flotilla detainees and that [the aid] will be accepted in the territory only by the Free Gaza Movement people who organized the flotilla.}}</ref> Hamas leader [[Ismail Haniyeh]] said, "We are not seeking to fill our (bellies), we are looking to break the Israeli siege on Gaza."<ref name="readytoboard">{{cite news |last=Hider |first=James |date=5 June 2010 |title=Israel ready to board Gaza bound ship |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7144619.ece |location=London |work=The Times |access-date=2 September 2011}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

[[File:Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - Flotilla Cargo En Route to the Gaza Strip.jpg|thumb|Flotilla's humanitarian aid en route to the [[Kerem Shalom border crossing|Kerem Shalom Crossing]]. The aid was unloaded at the Gaza border crossing but was refused by [[Hamas]].]]