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 sure for the Gaza Strip.
The World Sumud Flotilla, which departed from Spain a month in the past, carried contributors from 44 nations looking 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 stated they have been focused with water cannons.
Israel’s International Ministry acknowledged that the activists, together with Swedish local weather campaigner Greta Thunberg, have been detained and transferred to an Israeli port. “Greta and her mates 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 mates are protected and wholesome. pic.twitter.com/PA1ezier9s
— Israel International Ministry (@IsraelMFA) October 1, 2025
Earlier, the ministry dismissed the mission as a “provocation” relatively than a humanitarian effort, insisting the activists had been supplied a technique to ship provides “peacefully” to Gaza however selected as an alternative to method “an lively fight zone” in defiance of a “lawful naval blockade.”
Israeli naval forces have illegally intercepted and boarded the World Sumud Flotilla’s vessel Alma (and different boats) in worldwide waters.Dwell streams and communications have been lower. The standing of the unarmed contributors and crew is unconfirmed. pic.twitter.com/EDHeGGzeYB
— World Sumud Flotilla Commentary (@GlobalSumudF) October 1, 2025
Israel thwarted related makes an attempt to breach the blockade in June and July.
The humanitarian scenario in Gaza has worsened as Israeli troops superior into Gaza Metropolis of their ongoing warfare with Hamas. Greater than 66,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023, and practically all the inhabitants has been displaced.
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