Overview

• NPO Radio 1 reports the flotilla was intercepted overnight, with Israeli forces detaining participants and transporting them to a detention center.
• Representatives of the Dutch contingent say four members were taken earlier and seven more after their boat was boarded, with five Dutch nationals still at sea on separate vessels.
• Activists had reported encirclement by dozens of Israeli ships, water cannon use, a declared emergency on board, and communications going dark on seized boats.
• At the time of those activist reports, Israeli authorities had not confirmed any boardings or seizures.
• Israel frames the flotilla as a provocation and alleges some participants have Hamas ties, a claim the correspondent notes is unsubstantiated in the reporting.