Israeli forces have begun intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla near Cyprus after it left Turkey last week, as the Foreign Ministry accuses organizers of staging a Hamas-serving provocation and says Israel will not allow a breach of the naval blockade on Gaza

Israeli media reported on Thursday that the Israeli navy is “preparing to confront” ships belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla, which sailed from the Turkish Mediterranean city…

The Israeli military began intercepting several boats that are part of a flotilla attempting to break the Gaza blockade.

Turkey decried Israel's interception of the ships as a "new act of piracy," after the vessels were seized 250 miles from Gaza.