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<p id="isPasted" style="line-height: 2;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">ISLAMABAD: Organisers of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists said late Tuesday they heard explosions and saw multiple drones that targeted some of their boats, currently situated off Greece, AFP reported.</span></strong></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">&quot;Multiple drones, unidentified objects dropped, communications jammed and explosions heard from a number of boats,&quot; the Global Sumud Flotilla said in a statement, without adding whether there were any casualties.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">&quot;We are witnessing these psychological operations firsthand, right now, but we will not be intimidated,&quot; the statement said.</span></p><div class="fr-embed"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe id="twitter-widget-3" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-3&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1970612507057217867&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmain.d1wrm1qseko1cp.amplifyapp.com%2Farticles%2Fnew%2F&sessionId=ef235de2b6ecd5e0e1ae8a1a8b8dfb4570691669&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 719px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" data-tweet-id="1970612507057217867"></iframe></div></div><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">German human rights activist and flotilla member Yasemin Acar said in a video she posted on Instagram that five vessels had been attacked.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>&lsquo;Only humanitarian aid&rsquo;</strong></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">&quot;We are carrying only humanitarian aid,&quot; she said. &quot;We have no weapons. We pose no threat to anyone. It is Israel who is killing thousands of people (and) starving a whole population.&quot;</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">In an earlier video, Acar said the activists had &quot;sighted 15 to 16 drones&quot;, adding that their radios had been jammed as loud music could be heard.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">One video posted by the flotilla&#39;s official Instagram page showed an explosion it said it recorded from the Spectre boat at &quot;01:43 GMT +3&quot;.</span></p><div class="fr-embed"><blockquote class="instagram-media" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO9k0ENCPh4/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 115, 230);" target="_blank"><div style=" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px; line-height: 2;"><br></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0px auto 12px; width: 50px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: rgb(56, 151, 240); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 2;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"><div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px); line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px); line-height: 2;"><br></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="width: 0px; height: 0px; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid rgb(244, 244, 244); border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg); line-height: 2;"><br></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid rgb(244, 244, 244); border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px); line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px); line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="width: 0px; height: 0px; border-top: 8px solid rgb(244, 244, 244); border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px); line-height: 2;"><br></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px; line-height: 2;"><br></div></div></a></span><p style="color: rgb(201, 200, 205); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0px 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO9k0ENCPh4/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 115, 230);" target="_blank">A post shared by Global Sumud Flotilla (@globalsumudflotilla)</a></span></p></div></blockquote></div><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">In another video posted by the same page, Brazilian activist Thiago Avila said four boats had been &quot;targeted with drones throwing devices&quot; just before another explosion was heard in the background.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The Global Sumud Flotilla set sail from Barcelona earlier this month with the aim of breaking Israel&#39;s blockade of Gaza and delivering aid to the territory.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>51 vessels</strong></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">It currently numbers 51 vessels, most of which are situated off the Greek island of Crete.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">It had already been targeted in two suspected drone attacks in Tunisia, where its boat had been anchored before resuming its voyage towards Gaza.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Among its high-profile participants is environmental activist Greta Thunberg.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Israel said Monday it would not allow the boats to reach Gaza.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Israel blocked two earlier attempts by activists to reach Gaza by sea in June and July, AFP reported.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The BBC on September 10 reported, two vessels that were part of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists including Greta Thunberg were struck in separate suspected drone attacks.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Global Sumud Flotilla posted footage appearing to show the first boat being hit by an object outside the Tunisian port of Sidi Bou Said.</span></p><div class="fr-embed"><blockquote class="instagram-media" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOXaR_MiOZ_/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 115, 230);" target="_blank"><div style=" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; 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line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px); line-height: 2;"><br></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="width: 0px; height: 0px; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid rgb(244, 244, 244); border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg); line-height: 2;"><br></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid rgb(244, 244, 244); border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px); line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px); line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="width: 0px; height: 0px; border-top: 8px solid rgb(244, 244, 244); border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px); line-height: 2;"><br></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px; line-height: 2;"><br></div></div></a></span><p style="color: rgb(201, 200, 205); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0px 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOXaR_MiOZ_/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 115, 230);" target="_blank">A post shared by Global Sumud Flotilla (@globalsumudflotilla)</a></span></p></div></blockquote></div><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Israel has come under huge international pressure over its war in Gaza, which has sparked a dire humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory, AFP reported.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Last month, a body backed by the United Nations officially declared famine in part of Gaza.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">And on September 16, UN investigators accused Israel of committing &quot;genocide&quot; in the besieged territory.</span></p>

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Activists on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla reported drone attacks, explosions, and communication jamming near Greece. The flotilla, aiming to break Israel’s blockade, continues despite prior attacks and Israeli threats to block entry.

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