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New Hampshire State Rep. Ellen Read is set to be the first elected U.S. official to join a humanitarian flotilla to Gaza.
The mission, organized by Thousand Madleens and the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, aims to challenge Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.
Read stated her goal is to raise visibility for Americans about the humanitarian crisis and what she calls a "genocide" in Gaza.
The flotilla is scheduled to depart from Italy, and participants are aware of the risks, as the Israeli Navy has previously intercepted such vessels.
NEWMARKET — New Hampshire state Rep. Ellen Read , D-Newmarket, is set to be the first elected U.S. official to sail on a humanitarian flotilla mission to Gaza, according to the mission's organizers.
Thousand Madleens , which has teamed up