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SPIRIT OF RACHEL CORRIE ORDERED TO LEAVE WAITING AREA
From Mohd Faizal Hassan
EL-ARISH (Egpyt), May 19 (Bernama) -- An Egyptian navy gunboat has ordered aid ship MV Finch (Spirit of Rachel Corrie), which has been at anchor for three days, to leave the waiting area at El-Arish Port.
"They are preventing the ship from berthing," said Bernama journalist, Mohd Faizal Hassan, who is one of the 12 passengers and crew on board the MV Finch, in a SMS note to Bernama's headquarters here Thursday night.
According to Mohd Faizal, the MV Finch has been ordered not to come within a three nautical mile radius of the port.
He also reported that fresh rations and water supply were fast running out.
He said the ship was still waiting for permission from the port authority to berth.
"We do not know when the permission will be given," he said.
The ship carrying 7.5 kilometres of PVC pipes to help repair Gaza's
devastated sewerage system had tried to break Israel's blockade of the strip but had to divert to El-Arish Port after it came under fire from Israeli naval forces.
EL-ARISH (Egpyt), May 19 (Bernama) -- An Egyptian navy gunboat has ordered aid ship MV Finch (Spirit of Rachel Corrie), which has been at anchor for three days, to leave the waiting area at El-Arish Port.
"They are preventing the ship from berthing," said Bernama journalist, Mohd Faizal Hassan, who is one of the 12 passengers and crew on board the MV Finch, in a SMS note to Bernama's headquarters here Thursday night.
According to Mohd Faizal, the MV Finch has been ordered not to come within a three nautical mile radius of the port.
He also reported that fresh rations and water supply were fast running out.
He said the ship was still waiting for permission from the port authority to berth.
"We do not know when the permission will be given," he said.
The ship carrying 7.5 kilometres of PVC pipes to help repair Gaza's
devastated sewerage system had tried to break Israel's blockade of the strip but had to divert to El-Arish Port after it came under fire from Israeli naval forces.
