The Israeli Navy has intercepted several Gaza-bound aid boats and detained the activists on board, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg. The Jewish nation's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the vessels from the Global Sumud Flotilla were “safely stopped” and their passengers transferred to an Israeli port, from where they are expected to face deportation.
The Global Sumud Flotilla, comprising around 45 vessels with about 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists on board, set sail from Spain last month with the aim of breaking Israel’s blockade of Gaza, a war-torn enclave the UN says is gripped by famine.
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