Journalist on Gaza protest ship in ‘extreme danger’, says father

A FATHER said he fears his son is in “extreme danger” after the Israeli navy boarded the protest ship on which he was travelling to Gaza.

Scottish journalist Hassan Ghani, covering the protest for Press TV, is on one of the two vessels which were trying to break Israel’s naval blockade. The boats were yesterday being towed to the port of Ashdod by the Israeli military after what it described as a peaceful takeover.

Ghani, 26, from Glasgow, was also part of a Gaza aid flotilla stormed by the Israelis in a similar operation last year, which left nine people dead. His father, Haq Ghani, said: “I believe my son is in extreme danger because he was on the flotilla last year.

“He was one of the journalists on board and he was taken to Israel. I believe he is in extreme danger compared to the other people who are there for the first time.

He added: “I’m worried and I’ve not heard from the Foreign Office to reassure me that my government has spoken to the Israelis to request that they take good care of a British national who was there in an official capacity. I’ve not heard from him so far so I don’t know if he is alive.”

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: “We are aware that a British national is part of a small flotilla.

“Our travel advice recommends against all travel to Gaza.”