LONDON: Just after sundown on Oct. 1, Israeli naval forces surrounded the largest activist flotilla yet to challenge the blockade of the Gaza Strip. Within hours, most of the 44 boats carrying more than 450 activists and journalists — along with a symbolic shipment of aid — went silent, cut off from the outside world. The nighttime raid drew swift condemnation from governments and rights groups, while protests erupted from Istanbul and Athens to Buenos Aires and Berlin.

ROME/ATHENS: Israeli forces boarded several boats with foreign activists carrying aid to Gaza and took them to an Israeli port on Wednesday, disrupting a protest that had become…

The Israeli military "aggressively circled" a flotilla of boats attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Acitivists aboard the 45-vessel convoy say Israeli naval forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla as it tried to deliver aid to Gaza and challenge Israel's blockade.

Israel also arrested activists on board the vessels carrying aid to Palestinians, sparking worldwide protests against the attacks and the aid blockade.

Global condemnation after Israel illegally detains activist boats headed to starved Gaza to break deadly blockade.

Organisers said the interception was ‘illegal’, claiming the ships were in international waters while carrying vital aid to the enclave.

Unable to stop all of the nearly 45 boats heading toward the Palestinian enclave, Israel boarded about 20 of them. The Global Sumud Flotilla, seeking to 'break the blockade' of…

DUBAI: International leaders have strongly criticized Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a convoy of around 45 vessels carrying humanitarian aid and activists…

Europeans protest Israel's interception of Gaza aid flotilla, urging sanctions and solidarity with Palestinians, sparking global demonstrations.

PARIS: Protesters around the world Thursday railed at Israel’s interception of a flotilla carrying aid for Gaza’s besieged Palestinians, urging greater sanctions in response. From…

Israeli police process detained activists from a flotilla attempting to break Gaza blockade, sparking global protests.

Hundreds of international activists detained after Israel’s raid on the Global Sumud Flotilla have launched an indefinite hunger strike, organizers said...

Activists detained after Israel seized the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla have launched an indefinite hunger strike, as tens of thousands of...

LONDON: Just after sundown on Oct. 1, Israeli naval forces surrounded the largest activist flotilla yet to challenge the blockade of the Gaza Strip. Within hours, most of the 44…