"She was texting me to say that Israeli forces had started to use drones to drop explosives beside the boat she was travelling in, which she was understandably very concerned about,"
"However, they were all still in good spirits and determined to get to the Gaza strip. "The Israelis have absolutely no right to stop them in international waters, and certainly not in Palestinian waters. The journey up to that stage had already been pretty rough. The sea was kind to them but no one had really slept much because of the threatening behaviour of the Israeli forces."
"Speaking to Tara a few days ago she was keen for the Irish Government to come out strong in support of the Irish citizens taking part in the flotilla and to raise awareness over the fact that they were trying to bring vital aid to the starving people of Gaza,"
"We are all prepared for interception. We have had our alarm raised and everybody is mustering at our mustering po"
Tara Reynor O'Reilly, from Valleymount in Co Wicklow and president of No Peace Without Justice, was detained by the Israeli navy after flotilla boats were intercepted in international waters while heading toward the Gaza Strip. The detained volunteers included Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg. Independent Wicklow councillor Gerry O'Neill last communicated with Tara by text three days before her detention and reported she described drones dropping explosives beside their boat. Contact was lost after boarding, phones were likely confiscated, and Tara sought strong Irish Government support for aid delivery to starving people in Gaza.
Read at Irish Independent
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