Ships of another flotilla seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza were attacked by the Israeli navy early Wednesday. The attacks took place in international waters, roughly 120 nautical miles (222 kilometers) from the Palestinian enclave.
According to the tracker of the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla Coalition's (FFC) Thousand Madleens, the Israeli army attacked all nine ships of the mission.
"The Israeli occupation commits a war crime against in international waters. We will not stop ... The genocide must be stopped and the siege broken," the International Committee for Breaking the Siege on Gaza said on a social media post.
A press release by the Thousand Madleens to Gaza campaign said that in one hour, all nine boats were attacked by the Israeli army in international waters: Abd Elkarim Eid, Alaa Al-Najar, Anas Al-Sharif, Gaza Sunbird, Leila Khaled, Milad, Soul of My Soul, Um Saad and Conscience. The vessels and the activists are transferred to an Israeli port, Israel's Foreign Ministry said on X, adding that they "are expected to be deported promptly.”
"We confirm that three vessels, Gaza Sunbird, Alaa Al-Najjar and Anas Al Sharif, have been attacked and illegally intercepted by the Israeli military at 04:34 a.m., 220 km off the coast of Gaza," the coalition said earlier. A livestream on the coalition’s YouTube channel showed several Israeli soldiers raiding the Gaza Sunbird. The initiative said the "Israeli military has no legal jurisdiction over international waters. Our flotilla poses no harm."
