Gaza kids on 'Marmara'
Gaza kids visit Turkey, tour 'Marmara' ship
Extremist group behind last year's flotilla gives children from Hamas-ruled 'cage' tour of vessel raided by Israeli commandoes
The Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH), the extremist Islamic group which organized the Turkish flotilla to Gaza in 2010, hosted a group of Palestinian children over the weekend.
During the visit, the children from Gaza were given a tour of the "Mavi Marmara", the ship that was raided by Israeli commandoes on May 31. Eight Turkish nationals and a Turkish-American were killed in the incident.
'Turks sacrificed their lives.' Gazan girl on 'Marmara' (Photo: IHH website)
Despite harsh condemnation form the international community, an Israeli inquiry commission determined that the soldiers acted appropriately and in accordance with international law.
Nine-year-old Nur Sa'ad said while touring the vessel that "the Turkish nation supports the Palestinians financially, and Turks sacrificed their lives on the 'Marmara'."
Bisan Saga, also nine, thanked IHH and the entire Turkish nation for the chance to leave Gaza and see the world. "We left a cage. Inshallah (god willing), all of Gaza's children will leave the cage one day," he said.
His friend Bilal said, "The day will come when all ships will be able to reach Gaza freely."
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