The activists, together with Greta Thunberg, tried to breach the blockade of the Palestinian enclave by sea
The Israeli Navy has intercepted a flotilla carrying activists and help certain for the Gaza Strip.
The International Sumud Flotilla, which departed from Spain a month in the past, carried members from 44 nations searching for to problem Israel’s naval blockade of the Palestinian enclave.
Israeli naval forces boarded a number of boats on Thursday after the activists refused orders to divert course. The passengers mentioned they had been focused with water cannons.
Israel’s International Ministry said that the activists, together with Swedish local weather campaigner Greta Thunberg, had been detained and transferred to an Israeli port. “Greta and her buddies are protected and wholesome,” the ministry wrote on X.
Already a number of vessels of the Hamas-Sumud flotilla have been safely stopped and their passengers are being transferred to an Israeli port. Greta and her buddies are protected and wholesome. pic.twitter.com/PA1ezier9s
— Israel International Ministry (@IsraelMFA) October 1, 2025
Earlier, the ministry dismissed the mission as a “provocation” fairly than a humanitarian effort, insisting the activists had been provided a approach to ship provides “peacefully” to Gaza however selected as an alternative to strategy “an lively fight zone” in defiance of a “lawful naval blockade.”
Israeli naval forces have illegally intercepted and boarded the International Sumud Flotilla’s vessel Alma (and different boats) in worldwide waters.Dwell streams and communications have been lower. The standing of the unarmed members and crew is unconfirmed. pic.twitter.com/EDHeGGzeYB
— International Sumud Flotilla Commentary (@GlobalSumudF) October 1, 2025
The flotilla’s spokesman, Saif Abukeshek, later mentioned that 13 boats had been intercepted and greater than 200 individuals detained. He added that round 30 vessels had been nonetheless heading towards Gaza, trying to evade Israeli patrols.
Israel thwarted comparable makes an attempt to breach the blockade in June and July.
The humanitarian state of affairs in Gaza has worsened as Israeli troops superior into Gaza Metropolis of their ongoing conflict with Hamas. Greater than 66,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023, and practically your complete inhabitants has been displaced.
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