Israel intercepts Gaza-bound pro-Palestine flotilla
Navy officers oarded the vessel, which had 13 female international activists on board, and urged it to change its course
A clip from a video of the flotilla
The Israeli navy has intercepted a boat carrying pro-Palestinian activists trying to break Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, and is now escorting it ashore.
The country’s military said naval forces stopped the boat in international waters and urged it to change course. When it refused, the navy said it stopped the boat and searched it, a process it described as “uneventful”.
The boat is sponsored by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a group of pro-Palestinian groups based mostly in Europe.
The Dutch-flagged boat is carrying 13 female activists from different countries, headed by Mairead Maguire, an Irish Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
In 2010, Israel raided a Turkish-led flotilla bound for Gaza, killing 10 Turks.
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