LONDON: The Committee to Protect Journalists has urged Israeli authorities to immediately release journalists detained aboard the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla. Israeli forces began intercepting vessels from the flotilla in international waters near Cyprus on Monday, as the convoy attempted to reach Gaza on a humanitarian mission. Authorities initially transferred those detained to an undisclosed location and have refused to disclose their legal status.

Israeli forces were intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla on Monday after it set sail from Türkiye last week, with organizers saying one of the vessels was stopped west of Cyprus.

A group trying to break Israel’s naval blockage of Gaza to deliver aid says six Canadians are among the activists detained as the Israeli military intercepted boats off the coast