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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Greta Thunberg has shared a pre-recorded video appealing for international help.

“My name is Greta Thunberg, and I am from Sweden,” Thunberg said in the video recorded on board the Madleen, before tonight’s events.