by Chris Schang
Over the past 48 hours it has been reported that the Libyan aid ship “Amalthea” has left the port in Greece and is heading towards Gaza. Earlier in the week before the ship left there were conflicting reports about whether the ship was headed to Gaza or if there had been an agreement secured between Israel and a few mediators in the matter that the ship would head to the Egyptian port of “El-Arish” or to the Israeli port at Ashdod. Before the ship left the official answer from the ship’s captain was that the ship was headed to Egypt. However, within a short time of leaving the port, it was being reported by the agency in charge of the aid mission that the ship was indeed headed to Gaza. The Israel National News article reports: