We called it the Gaza Sea even though it is part of the Mediterranean, because Israel isolated us from the world and made us believe that it was unreachable. The Freedom Flotilla broke that spell.

At 2 a.m. local time, Israeli forces boarded the Madleen on its way to Gaza to deliver vital humanitarian aid. “To know there are people willing to break the siege is beyond words,” a Gazan who speaks to the boat’s crew daily told Mondoweiss.