<p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" id="isPasted">JERUSALEM: Israel said it deported on Monday 171 more activists who were detained while taking part in an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg.<p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The foreign ministry said in a post on X that &quot;171 additional provocateurs from the Hamas-Sumud flotilla, including Greta Thunberg, were deported today from Israel to Greece and Slovakia&quot;.<p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">It added that the deportees were citizens of several countries, including Greece, Italy, France and the United States.<p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Photos shared with the post showed Thunberg alongside two other women walking through Tel Aviv&#39;s Ben Gurion International Airport wearing the grey tracksuits used in Israeli prisons.<p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The Israeli foreign ministry told AFP that 138 activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla were still in Israeli custody.<p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The 45-vessel flotilla had been aiming to break an Israeli blockade to deliver aid to Gaza, where the United Nations says famine has taken hold after two years of devastating conflict.<p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Israel started intercepting the flotilla vessels in international waters on Wednesday. An Israeli official said on Thursday that boats with more than 400 people on board had been prevented from reaching the Palestinian territory.<p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">International activists who arrived in Istanbul after being deported from Israel said on Saturday they had been subjected to violence and &quot;treated like animals&quot;.<p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">In its post on X on Monday, Israel&#39;s foreign ministry said that &quot;all the legal rights of the participants in this PR stunt were and will continue to be fully upheld.&quot;<p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">&quot;The lies they are spreading are part of their pre-planned fake news campaign,&quot; it added.

Middle East

 Israel said it deported 171 more activists who were detained while taking part in an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg.

Israel deports Greta Thunberg, 170 others from Gaza flotilla

ROME: Some of the activists detained while trying to reach Gaza by sea have returned to their home countries to describe abuse and humiliation at the hands of Israeli guards.&nbsp;Some 450 activists were arrested as Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla, a fleet of 42 boats seeking to break Israel&rsquo;s naval blockade of Gaza and deliver a symbolic amount of aid to the famine-stricken territory. Those detained between Wednesday and Friday were brought to Israel, where many remain in prison.&nbsp;Italian journalist Saverio Tommasi said Israeli soldiers withheld medicines and treated prisoners &ldquo;like monkeys.&rdquo;&nbsp;&ldquo;This is called torture. It&rsquo;s called torture, a denial of human rights, even the most basic ones,&rdquo; he said on his return at Rome&rsquo;s Fiumicino Airport late Saturday.&nbsp;&ldquo;They took away everyone&rsquo;s medicine: people with heart disease, asthma, even an 86-year-old man they took away his inhaler.&rdquo;&nbsp;Among those detained were Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, Nelson Mandela&rsquo;s grandson Mandla Mandela and several European lawmakers.&nbsp;Tommasi said Thunberg was singled out by Israeli forces after being arrested.&nbsp;&ldquo;We also saw Greta Thunberg at the port, in that case with her arms tied and an Israeli flag next to her, just a mockery,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s say the mockery was part of the verbal and psychological violence they always carried out, in order to demean, ridicule and laugh in situations where there is nothing to laugh about.&rdquo;&nbsp;The inteception of the flotilla came as US President Donald Trump was appearing to be brokering a fresh peace initiative in Gaza, including a proposed ceasefire, as he ordered Israel to stop bombing Gaza.&nbsp;Another Italian journalist, Lorenzo D&rsquo;Agostino, said detainees were repeatedly woken during the two nights he spent behind bars. They were also intimidated with dogs and by soldiers pointing the laser sights of their guns at prisoners &ldquo;to scare us.&rdquo;&nbsp;&ldquo;Overall, I felt I was being held by a terrorist organization,&rdquo; he said after landing at Istanbul Airport, where 137 activists from 13 countries arrived from Israel on Saturday.&nbsp;D&rsquo;Agostino added that his belongings and money had been &ldquo;stolen by the Israelis.&rdquo;&nbsp;Activist Paolo De Montis described being crammed into a prison van for hours with his hands secured by zip ties.&nbsp;&ldquo;Constant stress and humiliation,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;You weren&rsquo;t allowed to look them in the face, always had to keep your head down and when I did look up, a man came and shook me and slapped me on the back of the head.&rdquo;&nbsp;In a statement, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said he was &ldquo;proud&rdquo; of the way staff behaved at Ketziot prison, a facility in the Negev desert.&nbsp;&ldquo;I was proud that we treat the &lsquo;flotilla activists&rsquo; as supporters of terrorism. Anyone who supports terrorism is a terrorist and deserves the conditions of terrorists,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;&ldquo;If any of them thought they would come here and receive a red carpet and trumpets they were mistaken. They should get a good feel for the conditions in Ketziot prison and think twice before they approach Israel again.&rdquo;&nbsp;The arrests led to criticism from several governments including Turkey, Colombia and Pakistan. Greece, which had 27 of its nationals in Israeli custody, issued a &ldquo;strong written protest&rdquo; to Israel over the &ldquo;unacceptable and inappropriate behavior of an Israeli minister.&rdquo;&nbsp;The complaint is thought to refer to footage of Ben-Gvir upbraiding the activists for supporting &ldquo;terrorism&rdquo; and mocking their aid initiative after they were brought ashore at the southern port of Ashdod on Friday.&nbsp;The Swedish Foreign Ministry said it had &ldquo;acted intensively to ensure that the detained Swedes&rsquo; rights are observed.&rdquo;&nbsp;The interception of the flotilla also led to large-scale demonstrations in cities across the world.

About 450 activists detained after Israel intercepted the Gaza flotilla report abuse, humiliation, and withheld medicine. Israel denies mistreatment, labeling them terrorists. The arrests sparked protests and criticism from multiple governments worldwide.

Activists accuse Israel of abuse during Gaza flotilla detention

BRUSEELS: Belgium&#39;s foreign minister Maxime Prevot on Thursday slammed as &quot;unacceptable&quot; Israel&#39;s interception of pro-Palestinian activists on an aid flotilla headed towards Gaza, saying he has summoned the Israeli ambassador. &quot;The manner in which they were boarded and the location in international waters are unacceptable, which is why I summoned the ambassador,&quot; Prevot told lawmakers in Brussels.

Europe

Belgium’s Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot condemned Israel’s interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters as “unacceptable.” He told lawmakers he has summoned the Israeli ambassador to explain the boarding of pro-Palestinian activists.

Belgium summons Israeli ambassador over Gaza flotilla interception

BARCELONA: Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza said late Wednesday that the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels as they approach the besieged Palestinian territory. The Global Sumud Flotilla, with Greta Thunberg, Nelson Mandela&#39;s grandson, Mandla Mandela, and several European lawmakers aboard, consists of nearly 50 boats and 500 activists and is carrying a symbolic amount of humanitarian aid. It has remained undeterred in its mission to break the Israeli blockade of the coastal strip and reach Palestinians. Greg Stoker, an American veteran aboard one of the boats in the flotilla, said around a dozen naval vessels with their transponders off had approached it. &ldquo;They are currently hailing our vessels, telling us to turn off our engines and await further instructions or our boats will be seized and we will face the consequences,&quot; he said in a shaky video while wearing a red life jacket. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said on X that the navy had reached out to the flotilla to ask them to change course and to warn them that they are approaching &ldquo;an active combat zone.&rdquo; It reiterated its offer to transfer the aid to Gaza through other channels. The flotilla enters a &lsquo;danger zone&rsquo;The vessels were sailing in international waters north of Egypt on Wednesday and had entered what activists and others called a &ldquo;danger zone&quot; or &ldquo;high risk zone.&quot; While still in international waters, it is an area where the Israeli navy has stopped other boats attempting to break its blockade in the past and which the flotilla has been warned not to cross. Overnight, the activists said two Israeli warships aggressively approached two of their boats, circling them and jamming their communications, including the live cameras on board. &ldquo;It was an intimidation act. They wanted us to see them,&rdquo; said Lisi Proen&ccedil;a, another activist who was on board the Sirius, a vessel that was targeted alongside the Alma. After the close encounter overnight, the military vessels eventually left and the flotilla continued on its journey, broadcasting live cameras from many of its boats. A relaxed atmosphere on the vesselsBy Wednesday afternoon, the atmosphere appeared to be more relaxed on board the decks of some of the sailboats that broadcast their journeys through 24/7 livestreams. Some activists held up messages of solidarity with people in Gaza and chanted &ldquo;Free Palestine!&rdquo; on camera. If undisturbed, the flotilla, which began its journey from the Spanish port of Barcelona a month ago, was to reach the shores of Gaza by Thursday morning, the group said. Israel and other governments urge them to turn backIsrael&rsquo;s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar called the flotilla a provocation and warned them to stop and transfer their aid through other channels into Gaza. &ldquo;It is not too late,&rdquo; he posted on X. Israel&rsquo;s government has accused some of the flotilla members of being linked to Hamas, while providing little evidence to support the claim. Activists have strongly rejected the accusations and said Israel was trying to justify potential attacks on them. European governments, including Spain and Italy, which had sent their navy ships to escort the flotilla during part of its journey, urged the activists to turn back and avoid confrontation. But while Italy&#39;s Premier Giorgia Meloni said late Tuesday the flotilla&#39;s actions risked undermining US President Donald Trump&rsquo;s recent proposal for resolving the war in Gaza, Spain&#39;s prime minister defended them. &ldquo;We must remember it is a humanitarian mission that wouldn&rsquo;t be taking place if the Israeli government had allowed for the entry of aid,&rdquo; Pedro S&aacute;nchez told reporters on Wednesday. Spaniards taking part would benefit from full diplomatic protection, he added. &ldquo;They present no threat nor danger to Israel,&rdquo; he said. What international maritime law saysThe UN Convention on the Law of the Sea stipulates that a state only has jurisdiction up to 12 nautical miles (19 kilometers) from its shores. In general, states don&rsquo;t have the right to seize ships in international waters, though armed conflict is an exception to this. But the flotilla argues they are a civilian, unarmed group and that the passage of humanitarian aid is guaranteed in international law. Omer Shatz, an Israeli international law expert who teaches at Sciences Po University in Paris and co-litigated a previous flotilla case before the Israeli supreme court, told The Associated Press that even if the disputed siege of Gaza was considered lawful, &ldquo;international law paves a humanitarian road from the high seas to Gaza, both in international and national waters off Gaza,&rdquo; he said.

Israeli navy intercepts Gaza-bound aid flotilla with activists, including Greta Thunberg, sparking legal disputes and international tension over blockade.

Activists say Israeli navy begins intercepting Gaza-bound aid flotilla

Reuters/AP

MADRID/ROME: Spain&#39;s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, announced on Wednesday that he will send a military warship to protect the Sumud flotilla to Gaza after it was attacked by drones off Greece.His announcement follows Italy&rsquo;s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto&#39;s statement, who told parliament that Rome would send its second navy ship to escort the aid flotilla, according to Reuters.<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S&aacute;nchez said in New York, where he has been attending the UN General Assembly, that Spain would dispatch a naval vessel from Cartagena &ldquo;with all necessary resources in case it was necessary to assist the flotilla and carry out a rescue operation,&rdquo; Reuters reported.&nbsp;<div class="fr-embed"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; 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font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fasan<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, which was heading to the area from north of Crete &ldquo;for possible rescue operations.&rdquo;&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He added: &ldquo;In a democracy, demonstrations and forms of protest must also be protected when they are carried out in accordance with international law and without resorting to violence,&rdquo; AP reported.<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Italy&rsquo;s Foreign Ministry meanwhile reported its computer systems were hit by a &ldquo;mail bombing&rdquo; campaign after the flotilla urged supporters to pressure Rome into condemning the attack, saying the flood of emails hindered its crisis unit&rsquo;s work. Italian officials said 58 citizens, including lawmakers, were aboard the flotilla, AP reported.<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The European Commission said freedom of navigation under international law &ldquo;must be upheld,&rdquo; while the UN Human Rights Office called for an investigation.<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thunberg on the move&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Global Sumud Flotilla, involving about 50 civilian boats carrying lawyers, activists, and aid &mdash; including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg &mdash; is seeking to break Israel&rsquo;s naval blockade of Gaza.&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A spokesperson for March to Gaza Greece told Reuters the vessels were attacked by 12 drones in international waters 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the Greek island of Gavdos.<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thunberg told Reuters earlier that drones had flown over them nightly: &ldquo;This mission is about Gaza, it isn&rsquo;t about us. And no risks that we could take could even come close to the risks the Palestinians are facing every day.&rdquo;<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Attacks on Flotilla&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The flotilla has reported several attacks since it set sail from Spain on Sept. 1, including two while some of its boats were in Tunisian waters.<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Activists have launched several flotillas aimed at breaking the blockade over the years, nearly all of them intercepted by Israel. Another vessel said it was attacked by drones in May in international waters off Malta. An overland convoy traveling across North Africa also attempted to reach the border but was blocked by security forces aligned with Egypt in eastern Libya.<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In 2010, Israeli commandos raided the Mavi Marmara, a boat participating in an aid flotilla attempting to breach the maritime blockade of Gaza, killing 10 Turkish activists in clashes on board.<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Israel has criticized the flotilla as tacitly supportive of Hamas but did not comment on the drone attack on Tuesday as reported by Reuters.<span style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since the war in Gaza began, more than 65,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza health authorities, with famine, mass displacement, and destruction continuing.

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Spain and Italy will each deploy naval vessels to assist an international flotilla delivering aid to Gaza after it was attacked by drones off Greece.

Spain to send warship to protect Gaza aid flotilla

ROME: The United Nations called Wednesday for an investigation into alleged drone attacks against a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that prompted Italy and Spain to send naval ships to help. The Global Sumud Flotilla, carrying activists including Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg, blamed Israel for more than a dozen explosions heard around its vessels off Greece late on Tuesday. UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said anyone responsible for the &quot;violations&quot; should be held accountable, and called for an &quot;independent, impartial and thorough investigation&quot;. The flotilla set sail from Barcelona this month with the aim of breaking the Israeli blockade of Gaza and delivering humanitarian aid to the territory, where the UN says civilians are starving under Israel&#39;s military offensive. Israel, which halted two previous attempts by activists to sail to Gaza in June and July, has said it will not allow the flotilla to reach the Palestinian territory. Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein told AFP it was an &quot;active combat zone&quot; under &quot;lawful naval blockade&quot;. &quot;If their intentions are sincere, they should transfer any such aid to the nearby Ashkelon Marina so it can be forwarded promptly to the Gaza Strip in a non-violent manner,&quot; he said. The ministry added in a later message on X that the flotilla could unload aid &quot;at any port in a nearby country outside Israel&quot; for transfer to Gaza. &#39;No weapons&#39; The flotilla&#39;s organizers accused Israel of endangering more than 500 unarmed civilians, and Thunberg labelled it a &quot;scare tactic&quot; that was &quot;not going to stop us&quot;. &quot;We are sailing peacefully in international waters. We are not carrying weapons. We are carrying food, baby formula, medical supplies, and water,&quot; she said in an interview on the flotilla&#39;s Instagram account. The activists said damage had been caused by &quot;unidentified objects&quot; dropped on deck and accused Israel of &quot;the deployment of explosive and incendiary devices, deliberate dispersal of chemical substances onto civilian vessels&quot;. Italy dispatched a frigate that was already in the eastern Mediterranean to provide protection for the flotilla, which is also carrying Italian activists and members of parliament. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the drone attacks but also said the flotilla was a &quot;dangerous, irresponsible&quot; initiative to deliver aid that could be transported by her government in just a few hours. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Madrid would on Thursday dispatch a navy ship as well &quot;to ensure that, if necessary, our citizens can be rescued&quot;. &quot;I want to make it clear to the government of Israel that Spain will, of course, protect its nationals, and we will do so both diplomatically and politically,&quot; he added. The Global Sumud Flotilla currently numbers 51 vessels, most of which are off the Greek island of Crete. Vessels waiting to join the flotilla said they had already been targeted in two suspected drone attacks in Tunisia. &#39;No attack acceptable&#39; The Greek coastguard told AFP that a patrol boat from the EU borders agency Frontex was directed to the area &quot;in response to a report of a threat&quot; to a Polish-flagged boat, but the crew said &quot;they did not require assistance&quot;, so it left. The European Commission said the freedom of navigation under international law &quot;must be upheld&quot;. &quot;No attacks, no drone strikes, no seizures or any use of force against the flotilla is acceptable,&quot; said commission spokesperson Eva Hrncirova. The Sumud Flotilla describes itself as an independent group not linked to any government or political party. Sumud is Arabic for &quot;resilience&quot;. Israel has launched a major air and ground offensive on Gaza City in a bid to root out Hamas, exacerbating humanitarian conditions in the territory. After nearly two years of war, Israeli military operations have killed at least 65,419 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, figures the UN considers reliable. Hamas&#39;s October 2023 attack that sparked the war resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures.

The UN demanded an investigation into alleged drone attacks on Gaza-bound aid flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg. Israel denied wrongdoing, while Italy and Spain dispatched naval ships to protect their nationals. EU stressed freedom of navigation must be upheld

UN demands probe after drone 'attack' on Gaza aid flotilla

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<ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;" id="isPasted"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Drone hits flotilla boat again</li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">CCTV shows crew shouting &ldquo;fire&rdquo;</li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Blaze contained, mission continues</li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tunisia calls attack &ldquo;premeditated&rdquo;</li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Investigation launched, details pending</li></ul><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">ISLAMABAD:&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Global Sumud Flotilla said a drone struck one of its boats at a Tunisian port late Wednesday. It was the second attack in two nights. No injuries were reported.<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Security video from the British-flagged &lsquo;Alma&rsquo; showed people on deck shouting &ldquo;fire.&rdquo; Burning projectiles landed and exploded.&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">&ldquo;A drone came and dropped another incendiary device,&rdquo; Thiago Avila, a Brazilian activist and flotilla spokesperson, told Al Jazeera. He added the blaze was contained and the mission would continue, Al Jazeera reported.<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tunisia&rsquo;s Interior Ministry called the incident a &ldquo;premeditated act.&rdquo; It said an investigation was underway. Officials gave no further details as reported by Al Jazeera.&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The reported strike was similar to one the night before on the Portuguese-flagged &lsquo;Family&rsquo; vessel, according to the flotilla.<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Greta Thunberg returns<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The &lsquo;Alma&rsquo; and the &lsquo;Family&rsquo; serve as motherships. They carry supplies and prominent participants, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau.&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The flotilla has 20 boats carrying aid and plans to add more vessels in Tunis before sailing to Gaza to challenge Israel&rsquo;s naval blockade.<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tunisian coastal police were seen alongside the flotilla off Sidi Bou Said on Wednesday where crowds gathered at the port to show support. Local authorities said departure was delayed because of the weather.<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The group said drones were not visible in the video but audio captured a buzzing sound consistent with unmanned aircraft. Activists also posted a photo of a charred object they said had fallen on the Alma.&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Reuters was not immediately able to verify the video.<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Some activists linked the incidents to intensified fighting in Gaza and accused Israel of sabotage. Israel did not respond to the accusations as reported by Al Jazeera.&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Israeli officials have previously dismissed flotillas as publicity efforts and say the blockade, in place since 2007, is intended to prevent smuggling, particularly of weapons.<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Mediterranean is heavily surveilled by manned and unmanned aircraft, but specialists say small commercial drones adapted for incendiary payloads could carry out attacks of the type described.&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">In May, another activist vessel reported a drone strike in international waters off Malta.<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">In Israel, Public Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has proposed classifying flotilla members as security prisoners if intercepted at sea, a move observers view as unlikely to pass.&nbsp;<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">If stopped, participants would likely be deported within days, as in earlier cases, rights groups and officials told Al Jazeera.

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Global Sumud Flotilla reports a second drone attack on its British-flagged ship Alma in Tunisia; no injuries reported, investigation underway, mission to Gaza continues.

Global Sumud Flotilla reports second drone attack in Tunisia

<div style="font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); max-width: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;" id="isPasted">TUNIS: The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) for Gaza said on Tuesday that one of its main boats was struck by a drone at a port in Tunisia, though all six passengers and crew were safe.</div><div style="font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); max-width: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;">Tunisia&#39;s interior ministry said that reports of a drone hitting a boat at its Sidi Bou Said port &quot;have no basis in truth&quot;, and that a fire broke out on the vessel itself.</div><div style="font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); max-width: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;">The Portuguese-flagged boat, carrying the flotilla&#39;s steering committee, sustained fire damage to its main deck and below-deck storage, the GSF said in a statement.</div><div style="font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); max-width: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;" id="isPasted">The flotilla is an international initiative seeking to break Israel&#39;s naval blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to war-torn Gaza using civilian boats supported by delegations from 44 countries, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and Portuguese left-wing politician Mariana Mortagua.</div><div style="font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); max-width: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;">A video posted by the GSF on X showed the moment &quot;the Family Boat was struck from above&quot;, capturing a luminous flying object hitting the vessel with smoke rising soon after.</div><div style="font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; font-family: knowledge-regular, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); max-width: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;">After the strike, dozens of people gathered outside the Sidi Bou Said port, where the flotilla&#39;s boats were located at the time of the incident, waving Palestinian flags and chanting &quot;Free Palestine,&quot; a Reuters witness said.</div>

Global Sumud Flotilla claims drone strike on Gaza aid boat in Tunisia; authorities deny, citing onboard fire instead.

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