"The Global Sumud Flotilla, with Greta Thunberg, Nelson Mandela's grandson, Mandla Mandela, and several European lawmakers aboard, consists of nearly 50 boats and 500 activists and is carrying a symbolic amount of humanitarian aid. It has remained undeterred in its mission to break the Israeli blockade of the coastal strip and reach Palestinians. Greg Stoker, an American veteran aboard one of the boats in the flotilla, said around a dozen naval vessels with their transponders off had approached it."
"The Israeli Foreign Ministry said on X that the navy had reached out to the flotilla to ask them to change course and to warn them that they are approaching "an active combat zone." It reiterated its offer to transfer the aid to Gaza through other channels. The vessels were sailing in international waters north of Egypt on Wednesday and had entered what activists and others called a "danger zone" or "high risk zone." While still in international waters, it is an area where the Israeli navy has stopped other boats attempting to break its blockade in the past and which the flotilla has been warned not to cross."
The Global Sumud Flotilla comprises nearly 50 boats and about 500 activists, including Greta Thunberg and Mandla Mandela, carrying a symbolic amount of humanitarian aid toward Gaza. The vessels sailed in international waters north of Egypt and entered an area described as a "danger zone" or "high risk zone." The Israeli navy reached out to the flotilla, warned it about approaching an "active combat zone," and offered to transfer the aid through other channels. Around a dozen naval vessels with transponders off approached one boat and reportedly hailed it, while two warships circled and jammed communications.
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