Israel intercepts Gaza activist aid flotilla
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The boats were part of a flotilla, carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists, that was organized to break Israel’s blockade and protest the war.
At least eight Irish citizens were on board Global Sumud Flotilla vessels which have been intercepted and detained by the Israeli navy.
The Global Sumud Flotilla, with Greta Thunberg, Nelson Mandela's grandson and European lawmakers aboard, includes some 50 boats and 500 activists and is carrying a symbolic amount of humanitarian aid.
Marine Corps veteran Jessica Clotfelter, from Windsor, Illinois, and other military veterans are on a boat called the Ohwaylah in the Mediterranean Sea, bound for Gaza.