Overview

• Israel’s navy intercepted several vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla roughly 70–80 nautical miles from Gaza and began moving passengers to an Israeli port.
• Officials said Greta Thunberg and other participants are safe and healthy, releasing video of her aboard a stopped vessel with Israeli personnel.
• Flotilla organizers report communications disruptions and say some boats were rammed or hit with water cannons, while noting no injuries in those incidents.
• Israel warned the flotilla it was nearing an active combat zone and proposed offloading cargo at Ashdod for transfer to Gaza, a plan the activists refused as they dispute the blockade’s legitimacy.
• Turkey condemned the operation as unlawful, Italy and Spain kept naval escorts outside the exclusion zone after urging a halt, and protests were reported in Rome and Berlin.