Such love and bravery – Peter
The Conscience, a ship belonging to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was anchored in international waters off the coast of Malta just after midnight on 2 May 2025, as it was awaiting civilian volunteers from 21 countries to join the crew and then chart a course to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid to a people under siege, when the 68-foot-long vessel came under attack.
No nation has claimed responsibility for the two drone attacks that commenced at 21 minutes past midnight last Friday and caused severe structural damage, disabled power and communications, as well as having caused a fire to break out, while four of the 16 crew members and civilians on board were injured, and all braced for more attacks, as the drones continued to circle for some time.
This FFC mission was organised under a media blackout, as an earlier April 2024 publicised attempt to sail from Türkiye to Gaza carrying 5.5 tonnes of aid was blocked, when the nation of Guinea-Bissau bowed to pressure and withdrew its flag from that ship, while last Friday saw the nation of Palau withdraw its flag from the Conscience, and therefore, Malta wouldn’t let it dock post-drone attack.
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea requires all ships fly the flag of a nation in international waters, and that country then holds jurisdiction and bears responsibility over the vessel.
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