Onboard cameras have captured Israeli forces boarding several boats that were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Video: Reuters
Israeli forces have intercepted 39 boats carrying aid and foreign activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, to Gaza, leaving only one vessel still sailing towards the Palestinian enclave, the flotilla organisers said on Thursday.
Cameras broadcasting live feeds from the boats, verified by Reuters, showed Israeli soldiers sporting helmets and night vision goggles boarding the ships, while passengers huddled together in life vests with their hands up.
A video from the Israeli foreign ministry showed Ms Thunberg, the most prominent of the flotilla’s passengers, sitting on a deck surrounded by soldiers.
According to a tracker on the organiser, Globa
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