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Interception of Aid Flotilla
Israel’s navy intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters.
“the author’s experience of being illegally intercepted by the Israeli Defense Forces in international waters during a military raid on the Global Sumud Flotilla”
They seized dozens of civilian boats and detained hundreds of activists.
At least 171 activists were deported to Greece and Slovakia.
Activist and alternative outlets report the raid as an illegal interception on the high seas.
Israel defends the action as upholding a legal blockade and dismisses the flotilla as a publicity stunt.
Numbers reported across outlets converge: more than 470 arrests, 171 deportations, and over a hundred still in Israeli custody.
The boats departed from Barcelona carrying symbolic aid to denounce Israel’s blockade.
The flotilla aimed to draw attention to mass civilian killings in Gaza that many describe as genocide.