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Greta Flotilla Rejects Pope's Offer to Deliver Gaza Aid
(Telegraph-UK) Nick Squires - Greta Thunberg's Gaza flotilla has rejected an Italian proposal to unload its aid in Cyprus and let the Vatican distribute it to Palestinians, instead vowing to keep sailing towards Gaza. Israel's Channel 12 reported that Israel offered permission to dock in Ashkelon, just north of Gaza, so that the aid on board could be delivered by land, but the proposal was rejected by the activists. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar wrote on X that the flotilla's rejection of the Italian proposal showed "that their real purpose is provocation and serving Hamas. Israel will not allow vessels to enter an active combat zone and will not allow the breach of a lawful naval blockade."