Five Irish citizens including author Naoise Dolan and Independent TD Barry Heneghan have been detained by Israel when their flotilla of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip was intercepted, organisers have said.
They had been part of the Thousand Madleens flotilla, a group of nine boats that had been about 120 nautical miles from Gaza before it was intercepted.
It had been set to arrive at the embattled enclave on Thursday.
It was travelling behind the previous Global Sumud Flotilla that was interce
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