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Nobel Laureate 'abducted' by Israeli Navy Mel Frykberg, Inter Press Service Jul 2, 2009 Twenty-one international human rights workers, including Irish Nobel Peace laureate Mairead Maguire, were seized by Israeli naval frigates as their boat tried to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Firas Mazloom was born desperately ill in Gaza just as Israel started its siege two years ago.