Yemeni peace activists will be transferred to Jordan, al-Qirbi says

SANA'A, June 01
(Saba)- Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi said on Tuesday that three Yemeni peace
activists
detained by the government of the Zionist entity will be transferred to Jordan in
preparation for their return to Yemen.
Speaking to Saba, al-Qirbi added that Yemen called on a number of friendly and
brotherly countries, including Jordan, to help release the Yemeni detainees from
Israeli prisons.
Yemeni members of the Parliament Mohammed al-Hazmi, Haza'a al-Masori and
Abdul-Khalek Bin Shaihoun were aboard the pro-Palestinian activist flotilla that
was carrying aid
supplies for the Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip.
The Foreign Minister expressed the Yemeni government's appreciation to the
cooperation of Jordanian King Abdullah II who ordered Jordanian authorities to
secure the release
of the Yemeni MPs and transfer and treat them in Jordanian hospitals.
The three Yemeni MPs were attacked by the Israeli forces as they were on board the
fleet of freedom 'flotilla' going to the Gaza strip.
The parliament condemned the Israeli assault, calling on the Yemeni government to
secure the release of al-Hazmi, al-Masori and Shaihoun.
Israeli naval commandos stormed the flotilla of ships carrying aid and hundreds of
pro-Palestinian activists to the blockaded the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at
least
15 and wounding dozens activists in a predawn raid that set off worldwide condemnation.
Turkey announced it was withdrawing its ambassador to Israel, canceling three joint
military drills and calling on the U.N.
Security Council to convene in an emergency session about Israel.
The ships were being towed to the Israeli port of Ashdod, and wounded were
evacuated by helicopter to Israeli hospitals.
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