{"id":3075,"date":"2025-10-02T07:35:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/israeli-forces-board-gaza-flotilla-detain-greta-thunberg-other-activists\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T07:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:35:37","slug":"israeli-forces-board-gaza-flotilla-detain-greta-thunberg-other-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/israeli-forces-board-gaza-flotilla-detain-greta-thunberg-other-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli forces board Gaza flotilla, detain Greta Thunberg, other activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The Israeli military has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/1\/israel-intercepts-gaza-sumud-flotilla-vessels-what-we-know-so-far\">intercepted<\/a> several ships from the flotilla of vessels carrying humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, detaining many of the activists on board.<\/p>\n<p>At least three ships from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2025\/9\/2\/live-geta-thunberg-once-more-on-board-sumud-flotilla-sailing-for-gaza\">Global Sumud Flotilla<\/a>, made up of 44 vessels and some 500 activists, were intercepted approximately 70 nautical miles (130km) from the coast of Gaza, according to organisers.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/25\/why-have-spain-and-italy-sent-ships-to-assist-the-gaza-sumud-flotilla\">Why have Spain and Italy sent ships to assist the Gaza Sumud flotilla?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2025\/9\/28\/amid-the-genocide-in-gaza-the-italian-people-made-us-smile\">The Italian people made us smile in Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/1\/gaza-sumud-flotilla-how-israel-breaks-international-maritime-law\">Gaza Sumud flotilla: How Israel breaks international maritime law<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a post on X on Wednesday that \u201cseveral vessels\u201d of the flotilla were \u201csafely stopped and their passengers are being transferred to an Israeli port\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It wrote that Swedish activist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2025\/9\/24\/greta-thunberg-reads-story-of-palestinian-mother-in-gaza\">Greta Thunberg<\/a>, who had been on board the lead ship Alma, \u201cand her friends are safe and healthy\u201d. The ministry also shared a video showing Thunberg.<\/p>\n<p>So far, at least six ships have been intercepted by the Israeli navy, according to the activist group. The names of the vessels are Deir Yassin\/Mali, Huga, Spectre, Adara, Alma and Sirius.<\/p>\n<p>Several ships were targeted by acts of \u201cactive aggression\u201d, it said. \u201cFlorida vessel has been deliberately rammed at sea. Yulara, Meteque and others have been targeted with water cannons,\u201d it said on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>All passengers on board were unharmed, it added. Before being intercepted, the vessels had succeeded in sailing beyond the point where the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/6\/12\/explainer-how-is-israel-treating-the-eight-flotilla-activists\">Madleen Flotilla<\/a>\u00a0was intercepted by Israeli forces earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Before the interceptions began, the activists warned the Israeli military had cut off their connection by disabling their devices, which affected their cameras, their livestreams and communications systems that allowed the ships to relay messages to the world.<\/p>\n<p>The Global Sumud Flotilla\u2019s official channels denounced Israel\u2019s actions in a statement, saying the mission\u2019s vessels were being \u201cillegally intercepted\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople of conscience have been abducted,\u201d it said on X. \u201cThe flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel\u2019s genocide, Israel\u2019s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel\u2019s use of starvation as a weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement urged supporters to pressure governments to act, writing: \u201cDemand your government cut ties with Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>United States citizen and activist Leila Hegazy, who is on one of the vessels, posted a prerecorded message on social media stating that her sharing the video means she has been \u201ckidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces and brought to Israel against [her] will\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ask you all to pressure the United States government to end its complicity in the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza and also to ensure the safe return of every humanitarian on this mission,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan Jabareen, director of the legal centre Adalah, which has represented flotilla activists in the past, told Al Jazeera that \u201cthis time, we do not know what Israel will do\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The activists could be deported within 72 hours, according to the law, or brought to court within 96 hours. He added that some activists could be arrested but noted that Israel usually opts for immediate release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they arrest and detain them, it can lead to a losing situation, because media coverage will continue as long as they are in custody,\u201d Jabareen said.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, said the activists would be deported once the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur concludes on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Turkiye\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Israel\u2019s interception of the boats, denouncing it as an \u201cact of terrorism\u201d and a severe breach of international law. In a statement, the ministry said it was taking initiatives to ensure the immediate release of Turkish citizens and other passengers detained by the Israeli forces.<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the Israeli operation was expected to take two to three hours. He told state TV Rai that the boats would be towed to Israel\u2019s port of Ashdod and the activists would be deported in the coming days. He also said Israeli forces have been told \u201cnot to use violence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As news of the interceptions circulated on social media, protests broke out across several major world cities, including Athens, Rome, Berlin, Brussels, Tunis and Ankara. Italy\u2019s largest union called a general strike for Friday in protest over the treatment of the Sumud Flotilla.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israeli military has intercepted several ships from the flotilla of vessels carrying humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, detaining many of the activists on board. At least three ships from the Global Sumud Flotilla, made up of 44 vessels and some 500 activists, were intercepted approximately 70 nautical miles (130km) from the coast &#8230; <a title=\"Israeli forces board Gaza flotilla, detain Greta Thunberg, other activists\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/israeli-forces-board-gaza-flotilla-detain-greta-thunberg-other-activists\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Israeli forces board Gaza flotilla, detain Greta Thunberg, other activists\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}