Israeli navy soldiers boarded vessels and detained dozens of activists aboard a flotilla attempting to break Israel's blockade of Gaza, but 12 hours after the military began intercepting the vessels, several boats continued sailing and were nearing the besieged territory on Thursday, activists said.
The Global Sumud Flotilla, with nearly 50 boats and 500 activists, was carrying a symbolic amount of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
It has been streaming its voyage online via live cameras aboard different boats, though several connections were lost as Israeli authorities began intercepting them in international waters on Wednesday evening.
The flotilla's live tracker showed at least 20 boats were intercepted while others were sailing on and appeared to be only a few kilometres away from Gaza, and one boat appeared to have crossed into the strip's territorial waters, according to the activists' tracker.
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