US condemns ‘counterproductive’ Gaza aid flotilla seized by Israel

<article data-history-node-id="439360" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-condemns-counterproductive-gaza-aid-flotilla-seized-israel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-condemns-counterproductive-gaza-aid-flotilla-seized-israel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">US condemns ‘counterproductive’ Gaza aid flotilla seized by Israel </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="line-height:1.38">The US has strongly condemned the “Gaza flotilla” of ships carrying humanitarian aid to the occupied enclave, calling it a “stunt” after activists were captured by Israeli forces in international waters.</p> <p>“The United States condemns the flotilla, a pro-Hamas initiative that constitutes an unfounded and counterproductive attempt to undermine President Trump's peace plan” for the Gaza Strip, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement on Thursday.</p> <p>Pigott added that US-allied countries should take “decisive action” against the group to block them from sailing ships from their territories.</p> </div> </div> </article>