A Clare poet has escaped injury after her boat forming part of a global aid mission to Gaza was struck by projectiles in a suspected drone attack.
Poet and activist Sarah Clancy who lived in Ballyvaughan for over a decade was on board ‘The Spectre’ which is among 51 boats in the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is currently in international waters between Greece and Libya.
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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has now said he will join Italy in sending a military warship to protect the international flotilla.
Clancy claims her boat was struck four times with objects that emitted smoke smelling like sulphur, while the next day the boat’s VHF radios were jammed.
She says it was a life-threatening situation.
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