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Israeli forces early Monday detained an assist boat sure for Gaza whereas carrying Greta Thunberg and different activists.
The Israeli Protection Forces confirmed that it detained the Madleen, together with all its passengers, and diverted the vessel to Israel.
Activist Greta Thunberg, middle, waits to board the Madleen boat, earlier than setting sail for Gaza together with activists of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, departing from the Sicilian port of Catania, Italy, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Picture/Salvatore Cavalli)
A video from the ministry posted on X exhibits an Israeli Navy officer partaking with the approaching “selfie yacht.”
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“Utilizing a global civilian communication system, the Israeli Navy has instructed the ‘selfie yacht’ to alter its course as a consequence of its method towards a restricted space,” a publish from the ministry learn.
The video exhibits a Navy officer telling them that the maritime of the Gaza coast is closed to site visitors. She instructs the activists on board that they have to ship assist via established channels.
The Israel International Ministry stated the passengers had been “secure and unhurt” and had been offered sandwiches and water.
“The present is over,” the ministry stated.
Israel had vowed to cease the so-called Freedom Flotilla Coalition within the days main as much as its arrival.
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Thunberg, a 22-year-old local weather activist from Sweden, set sail aboard the Madleen final week, hoisting a Palestinian flag with 11 different activists, together with “Sport of Thrones” actor Liam Cunningham and Rima Hassa, a French member of the European Parliament who’s of Palestinian descent.
Local weather activist Greta Thunberg with different activists from a human rights group meets with journalists in Catania, Italy on Sunday forward of their departure for the Mideast. (AP)
The teams’ purpose was to succeed in the shores of the Gaza Strip to usher in some assist and lift consciousness of the humanitarian disaster there.
In line with the Israeli Minister of International Affairs, the help on the ship was lower than a single truckload.
Activist Greta Thunberg stands close to a Palestinian flag after boarding the Madleen boat and earlier than setting sail for Gaza together with activists of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, departing from the Sicilian port of Catania, Italy, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP)
“The tiny quantity of assist that was on the yacht and never consumed by the ‘celebrities’ might be transferred to Gaza via actual humanitarian channels,” the ministry stated.
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Israeli Protection Minister Israel Katz has instructed the IDF to display the footage of October 7 to contributors of the Gaza-bound flotilla.
Fox Information Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
