Israeli forces have taken command of a charity vessel that had tried to break a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The British-flagged yacht Madleen, which is operated by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), was carrying 12 crew members including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament.
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The British-flagged yacht Madleen, which is operated by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), was carrying 12 crew members including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament.
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00:00Israeli forces have taken command of a charity vessel that had tried to break a naval blockade
00:07of the Gaza Strip. The British-flagged yacht Madeleine, which is operated by the pro-Palestinian
00:16Freedom Flotilla Coalition , was carrying 12 crew members, including Swedish activists
00:22Greta Thunberg and Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament. The activists
00:28were aiming to deliver a small shipment of humanitarian aid, including rice and baby
00:33formula, to Gaza and raise international awareness of the humanitarian crisis there.
00:39However, the yacht was surrounded by Israeli quadcopters and boarded during the night before
00:44it could reach shore. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz had ordered the military to prevent
00:49the Madeleine from reaching Gaza, calling the mission a propaganda effort in support of Hamas.
00:55The activists posted a series of pre-recorded videos from those on board, including one
01:00from Thunberg. If you see this video, we have been intercepted
01:04and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli Occupational Forces or forces that support
01:11Israel. I urge all my friends, family and comrades to put pressure on the Swedish government to
01:19release me and the others as soon as possible. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human
01:25Rights in the Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, has supported the FFC operation and
01:31urged other boats to challenge the Gaza blockade. She wrote on X that the Madeleine's journey may
01:37have ended, but the mission isn't over, and urged every Mediterranean port to send boats
01:43with aid and solidarity to Gaza.
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