The SS Free Gaza & SS Liberty - headed for Gaza in an attempt to break the siege imposed by Israeli - have completed the next leg of their perilous journey. They have today reached Cyprus, they will pick up more crew and passengers and begin the trip to Gaza.

In the past week, some of those involved and in some cases their families (often in different countries) have recieved threatening phone calls or texts. These messages say that the ships will be blown up and include pleasantries such as "we hope you can swim" & "you are going to die".

In the next few days, the boats will be inspected & then set sail for Gaza. Watch this space for UK soildarity actions!

Tomorrow at 1:30 pm, the passengers and crew of the SS FREE GAZA and the SS LIBERTY will hold a memorial service at the Northern end of the commercial port in Larnaca. This service will commemorate the 14 fishermen of Gaza who have been killed by the Israeli Navy over the past four years as they were fishing off their coast.

The service will also be held for the 34 American sailors killed aboard the US LIBERTY by Israeli forces in 1967.

We will lay flowers in the water for these forgotten seamen from two countries, the Palestinians killed while trying to feed their families and the American sailors who were attacked by Israeli fighter jets and submarines for 75 minutes on June 8, 1967.

Check www.freegaza.org for more.