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NGO in talks with Malta to repair Gaza-bound aid ship ‘attacked by Israel’

The vessel Conscience had been seeking to deliver aid including food and medicines to the besieged enclave [Darrin Zammit Lupis/Reuters]

An international NGO that intends to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea has said it was in talks with Malta’s government about allowing a vessel to enter Maltese waters to repair damage caused by a drone attack.

The ship named Conscience, operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), suffered damage to its front section including a loss of power when it was hit by two drones just outside Maltese territorial waters in the central Mediterranean early on Friday, the NGO said on Sunday.

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