ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Israel's navy intercepted an activist flotilla in waters off of Cyprus on Monday, halting the group's latest effort to challenge a blockade of Gaza.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Israel’s navy intercepted an activist flotilla in waters off of Cyprus on Monday, halting the group’s latest effort to challenge a blockade of Gaza.
More than 50 vessels departed from the port in Marmaris, Turkey, last week in what the organizers of the Global Sumud Flotilla described as the final leg of their planned journey to Gaza’s shores to draw attention to the grim conditions for Palestinians living in the war-battered territory.
Organizers say the boats were intercepted 250 nautical miles from Gaza's shores.
The Israeli military intercepted Monday boats off the coast of Cyprus, part of the latest wave of flotilla activists attempting…
The Israeli military began intercepting several boats that are part of a flotilla attempting to break the Gaza blockade.
Israeli forces were intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla on Monday after it set sail from Türkiye last week, with organizers…
Dozens of boats carrying activists and aid for Palestinians set sail from Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. It's the latest attempt…
Turkey decried Israel's interception of the ships as a "new act of piracy," after the vessels were seized 250 miles from Gaza.
Israeli troops begin intercepting vessels from a flotilla trying to breach the Gaza blockade
