Overview

• Israeli naval forces intercepted the Global Sumud flotilla in international waters while it headed toward the Gaza Strip.
• Six Mexican nationals were taken to the port of Ashdod and transferred to Ketziot, Israel's largest maximum-security prison, where officials say they are in good condition.
• Mexico's Foreign Ministry and embassy staff sought immediate consular access at Ashdod and issued four diplomatic notes pressing for protection and return.
• Israel communicated that a coordinated process is underway with Mexico’s embassy and indicated the detainees should be repatriated in the coming days.
• A seventh Mexican participant on the legal support vessel El Shireen, identified as Miriam Moreno Sánchez, was not detained and is sailing to Cyprus.