Overview

• Israel’s Foreign Ministry said the voyage was halted and stated that people on board are safe.
• Organizers reported Israeli navy ships approached and circled their vessels on Oct. 1 morning, causing communications outages from signal jamming.
• That night, the group said multiple ships were obstructed on the high seas and some were boarded by soldiers, with crew safety still being confirmed at the time.
• The convoy includes roughly 500 participants on about 45 boats carrying food and medicine toward Gaza.
• Israeli media previously reported plans to detain the flotilla and possibly scuttle vessels that could not be towed, a scenario not independently verified.