US EditionIsrael Intercepts Gaza Aid Flotilla, Redirects Boats to Ashdod Port
The Israeli Navy detained over 400 activists, including Greta Thunberg, and prevented the flotilla from breaching the naval blockade amid concerns of Hamas funding.
- The Israeli Navy intercepted a flotilla of around 40 boats carrying more than 400 foreign activists and aid supplies bound for Gaza, escorting several vessels into Ashdod port.
- Amid a naval blockade in place since 2007, flotilla organizers said the mission aimed to deliver food, water and medicine to civilians in Gaza and called the interception `an illegal attack`.
- Live video feeds verified by Reuters showed armed Israeli soldiers with helmets and night-vision goggles boarding vessels at night while passengers huddled in life vests, and organizers said Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained.
- Adalah's legal team has now entered the port to carry out consultations after authorities initially denied lawyers access and began immigration proceedings without counsel, while Israeli officials said all but one vessel halted and a final ship at sea would be stopped if it approached Gaza.
- The Global Sumud Flotilla set sail with over 500 participants from dozens of countries, while Docs from Gaza link some funding to Hamas and authorities called the boats `Hamas-Sumud provocation yachts`.
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The Israeli Navy ship with members of the Global Sumud Flotilla heading for Gaza has arrived this Thursday morning at the Israeli port of Ashdod, with about 400 members of the mission — including 65 Spaniards— who were arrested on Wednesday night after Israeli military ships boarded their boats in international waters, including Captain Nikos, in which a journalist from EL PAÍS was travelling. Shortly thereafter, at least a dozen small boats fro…
Activists ignored calls from the Netanyahu government and several European countries. Safe and sound the occupants of the ships were moved to port. After insistent and unsuccessful calls to change course and land humanitarian aid for the Gazans in Israel, Cyprus or “any other port in the region,” the Israel Defense Forces immobilized the Global Sumud Flotilla and its occupants were moved to a port in that country.
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