Overview

• The Madleen set sail from Sicily on June 1 carrying aid supplies and activists, including Greta Thunberg and Rima Hassan.
• Israeli forces intercepted the vessel on June 9 off Gaza and detained all twelve passengers at Ashdod port.
• The last three detainees—French nationals Yanis Mhamdi and Pascal Maurieras, and Dutch mariner Marco van Rennes—were transferred to Jordan on June 16.
• Their departure had been postponed after Israel closed its airspace in response to military operations against Iran.
• French diplomats are working with Israeli and Jordanian officials to expedite the two French nationals’ repatriation.