An help ship certain for Gaza docked at Israel’s Ashdod Port on Monday after Israeli forces intercepted it and arrested all activists onboard, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN stated.
No particulars had been shared in regards to the situation of the activists on the Madleen ship.
The British-flagged boat aimed to interrupt a crippling blockade imposed by Israel on Gaza, the place practically 55,000 folks have been killed in a brutal onslaught since October 2023.
Carrying an quantity of help, together with meals and child components, the ship was boarded by Israeli forces throughout the night time earlier than it might attain the Gaza shore and was towed to Ashdod Port in Israel.
Israeli troopers kidnapped 12 folks on board the Madleen, together with 11 activists and one journalist, stated the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a global NGO, which organized the mission.
Among them are Swedish local weather activist Greta Thunberg; French-Palestinian Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan; Yasemin Acar from Germany; Baptiste Andre, Pascal Maurieras, Yanis Mhamdi, and Reva Viard from France; Thiago Avila from Brazil; Suayb Ordu from Türkiye; Sergio Toribio from Spain; Marco van Rennes from the Netherlands; and Omar Faiad, a journalist with Al Jazeera Mubasher, additionally from France.
Source: www.anews.com.tr