New 15-Ship Aid Flotilla To Sail on May 31, Break Gaza Siege

International activists are planning to dispatch a new aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip in an attempt to break the years-long "Israeli" siege of the impoverished coastal enclave.

The Free Gaza Movement said Tuesday that the target date for the convoy's departure is May 31-- the first anniversary of Tel Aviv's deadly attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, the Associated Press reported.

The new 15-ship flotilla will be twice as big as last year's convoy and carry a total of 1,500 people, including activists from Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Canada and the United States, to the coastal sliver.

An international coalition of 22 non-governmental groups is to organize the event.

"Israel" has already warned that it may again use force against the aid ship to prevent it from breaking the Gaza blockade. Nine Turkish activists were killed on that date in 2010 after "Israeli" commandos attacked the aid convoy in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea.