Overview

• Israel says roughly 443–450 of about 500 participants have been taken to Ashdod for identification, with one small vessel still at sea after the main operation.
• Organizers allege ramming, water cannons, drone strikes and communications jamming in international waters, while Israel defends the interdictions as lawful blockade enforcement and cites an offered Ashkelon transfer route.
• Spain reports at least 65 nationals on the flotilla, summons Israel’s chargé d’affaires, and dispatches consular staff, as France and Italy press for the detainees’ safety and consular access.
• Colombia orders Israel’s diplomatic delegation to leave and moves to suspend a free‑trade agreement, protests surge across multiple countries, Turkey condemns the action as terrorism, and the Council of Europe Assembly denounces reported harassment of the flotilla.
• The legal NGO Adalah says deportation hearings began in Ashdod without prior notice to lawyers, and Italy’s foreign minister indicates repatriation flights could depart as early as Oct. 6–7 to Madrid and London.