Israel intercepts Gaza-bound aid flotilla, detains Greta Thunberg
www.abc.net.au
The activists are expected to be detained and then taken to Ashdod, where they will be told to sign deportation orders and flown out of the country.

In short:

The Global Sumud Flotilla, attempting to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza, has been intercepted by the Israeli navy.

A boat carrying Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was the first to be boarded, with Israel saying “Greta and her friends are safe and healthy”.

The flotilla said Israeli navy forces were using “active aggression” on their fleet.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    The flotilla was intercepted far outside Israeli waters. Have you seen actual video of this thing? It’s a bunch of hippies with boats. A mothballed WWII destroyer could waltz through there and simply ram the whole mess. Fuck me, a few Somali pirates would make short work of this “armada”.

    There was zero threat and you can hardly be ignorant enough to pretend they were in sight of Israel’s beaches, even with a fucking telescope.