Italy and Spain have deployed military ships to assist an international aid flotilla that has come under drone attack while trying to deliver aid to Gaza, potentially ratcheting up tensions with Israel,

Italy and Spain intervene to ensure Gaza flotilla’s safety in the Mediterranean after drones drop ‘flashbang’ devices.

Spain will send a navy vessel to support the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced in New York on Wednesday, the El Pais newspaper reported.

Italy and Spain have both said they will send vessels to come to the aid of an aid flotilla that was targeted by drones while trying to reach Gaza, with activists claiming that Israel was behind the strikes.

Spain has joined Italy in sending a ship to accompany the Gaza flotilla as the international community condemned an apparent drone attack by Israel on Wednesday morning. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Madrid would dispatch a navy ship to aid its citizens on board the flotilla on Thursday, a day after Italy did the same.

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Italy and Spain have deployed naval assets to escort a Gaza-bound flotilla hauling international activists including Greta Thunberg, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The Global Sumud Flotilla,

Activists participating in a flotilla seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza say that some of their boats were attacked by drones overnight while sailing south of Greece.

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