The vessel with 12 people on board, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, is carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza that is under Israeli blockade.
Freedom Flotilla on its way to Gaza as critics call for ship to sink
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In an audio message on the coalition’s Telegram, activist Thiago Avila says the boats that surrounded the Madleen have now left.
“This, unfortunately, has been a very unlikely false alarm. We have been surrounded by many lights all at once and they were circling our boat. But in the end they kept going their own way,” he said.
