00:00Israeli forces boarded several boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza
00:05and took them to an Israeli port on Wednesday, disrupting a protest that had become one of the
00:11most high-profile symbols of opposition to Israel's blockade of the enclave. The Global
00:16Sumod Flotilla GSF, transporting medicine and food to Gaza, consists of more than 40 civilian
00:22boats with about 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists. Twelve Malaysians were among those
00:29detained. The flotilla's organizers denounced Wednesday's raid as a war crime and said the
00:35military used aggressive tactics, including the use of water cannon, but that no one was harmed.
00:41The flotilla also accused the Israeli Navy of trying to sink the Maria Cristina boat. The boats were
00:47about 70 nautical miles off the war-ravaged enclave when they were intercepted, inside a zone that
00:54Israel is policing to stop any boats approaching. The organizers said their communications had been
01:00scrambled, including the use of a live camera feed from some of the boats. According to the
01:06flotilla's own ship tracking data, a total of 13 boats had been intercepted or stopped as of early
01:12Thursday. Organizers have remained defiant, saying in a statement that the flotilla will continue
01:18undeterred, with 30 boats still sailing towards Gaza.
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