Gaza: The International Committee to Break the Siege on Gaza announced this morning that the Freedom Flotilla heading to the Gaza Strip was attacked by Israeli occupation forces. “The Israeli army attacked the Freedom Flotilla in international waters, 120 nautical miles (220 km) from Gaza,” the committee said in a post on X.

According to Qatar News Agency, this incident follows the Israeli occupation’s seizure of 42 ships belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla last Wednesday. These ships, carrying hundreds of international activists, were intercepted as they sailed in international waters toward Gaza. The activists were subsequently arrested and transferred to Ketziot Prison in the south, where the process of their deportation was announced by the Israeli authorities.