A ship carrying humanitarian aid bound for Gaza has been towed to the Israeli port city of Ashdod after being intercepted by the country's military.
The vessel, organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), was transporting supplies including rice, flour, and baby formula. It has a crew of 12, including activist Greta Thunberg and French Member of the European Parliament, Rima Hassan.
FFC said the boat was stopped and boarded by the Israeli military in international waters just after 3am local time on Monday, June 9. The organization was established in 2010 and describes itself as a “grassroots solidarity movement” working to end the Israeli blockade of Gaza through non-violent action.
The vessel, organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), was transporting supplies including rice, flour, and baby formula. It has a crew of 12, including activist Greta Thunberg and French Member of the European Parliament, Rima Hassan.
FFC said the boat was stopped and boarded by the Israeli military in international waters just after 3am local time on Monday, June 9. The organization was established in 2010 and describes itself as a “grassroots solidarity movement” working to end the Israeli blockade of Gaza through non-violent action.
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00:00My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden.
00:03If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters
00:08by the Israeli occupational forces or forces that support Israel.
00:21I urge all my friends, family and comrades to put pressure on the Swedish government
00:27to release me and the others as soon as possible.
00:31Okay everyone, you see this light?
00:33There is a drone right above us, lighting this light.
00:38We are getting into position right now.
00:40This is take cover.
00:42Right now they are jamming our comms.
00:47They are saying random stuff just to jam our communication.
00:52We are masking our face right now.
00:55We have doctors right above our heads.
00:57The most dangerous ones.
00:59And they are...
01:01They are...
01:03I don't know what this is.
01:05I don't know what this is.
01:07We don't know what this is.
01:09If this is paint or some chemical.
01:13No idea, but please sound the alarm.
01:17They did say that they want to intercept us in a very calm way.
01:21But this is not what's happening.
01:23We are being supported right now.
01:25We are being intercepted right now.
01:27People are being intercepted right now.
01:28I find the material that we have meant to get up and抑 societies.