The Israeli military has again taken action against the international Gaza aid flotilla, a live video transmission by the Global Sumud Flotilla group showed on Monday.
The video showed the Israeli Navy boarding a boat carrying activists. According to its own tracker, the flotilla was travelling west of Cyprus.
The organizers described it as an “attack” by Israel on their boats, which took place around 250 nautical miles from Gaza.
Israel: Activists from Turkish violent groups on board
The Israeli news portal ynet reported that the navy had taken control of boats in the aid flotilla. The activists on board were to be arrested and taken to a navy vessel housing a “floating prison.” From there, they were to be taken to the Israeli port city of Ashdod. In the past, international activists have always been deported back to their home countries after a while.
In a post on the X platform, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said among the activists were "two violent Turkish groups" one of which has been "designated as a terrorist organization."
"The purpose of this provocation is to serve Hamas, to divert attention from Hamas’s refusal to disarm, and to obstruct progress on President Trump’s peace plan," the ministry wrote, vowing to "not allow any breach of the lawful naval blockade of Gaza."
It called on "all participants in this provocation to change course and turn back immediately."
