Overview

• Israeli naval units boarded multiple Global Sumud vessels in the eastern Mediterranean and transported hundreds of activists to the port of Ashdod for processing.
• Israel’s Foreign Ministry says no ship breached the blockade, characterizes the voyage as a provocation, and states detainees will be deported to Europe.
• Spain has deployed consular staff to Ashdod, confirms a first group has disembarked, and says roughly 65 Spanish citizens took part in the flotilla.
• High-profile detainees include Greta Thunberg, whom Israel says is safe and well, and former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau, according to organizers and officials.
• Flotilla organizers allege an illegal interdiction and “crime of war,” citing water cannons and communication blackouts, as protests and diplomatic censure grow and a separate nine-ship convoy continues toward Gaza.