US EditionIsraeli Forces Seize Gaza-Bound Aid Boat Carrying Greta Thunberg
- Israeli forces intercepted the Gaza-bound yacht Madleen carrying 12 pro-Palestinian activists, including Greta Thunberg, on June 9, 2025, redirecting it to Ashdod port.
- The interception took place amid Israel’s enforcement of a maritime blockade around Gaza established in 2007 to prevent Hamas from obtaining weapons, and followed multiple ignored warnings issued to the activists.
- A yacht associated with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition aimed to challenge Israel’s naval blockade by transporting symbolic humanitarian supplies and drawing attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza following Hamas’s attacks on October 7, 2023.
- Defense Minister Israel Katz called the activists antisemitic and accused them of staging a media stunt, ordering the IDF to screen a 43-minute video of Hamas atrocities to the passengers upon arrival.
- The activists were unharmed, to be returned to their home countries, while the incident highlighted ongoing disputes over the blockade's legality and humanitarian conditions in Gaza.
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On the night of 9 June, the Israeli military detained the Madeline yacht in the Mediterranean Sea, which was on its way to Gaza, taking it to the Israeli port of Ashdod and deporting the crew.
Israeli forces seize Gaza aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg – CLG News
Israeli forces seize Gaza aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg | 9 June 2025 | Israeli naval forces boarded and seized a charity vessel carrying Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, which had tried to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip on Monday. The British-flagged yacht, Madleen, which is operated by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition, had aimed to deliver a symbolic amount of aid to Gaza later on Monday and raise international awa…
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elDiarioARThe Madleen, the Freedom Flotilla ship attempting to deliver supplies to the Palestinian enclave, was intercepted in the early morning of Monday by Israeli naval forces in international waters with 12 activists on board, including a Spaniard
Israel to show Greta Thunberg and activists October 7 Hamas terror footage after Gaza-bound yacht seized
Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg and 11 activists, accusing them of trying to breach the naval blockade. Israel's defense minister ordered they be shown footage of the October 7 Hamas attacks. The activists, now detained, face deportation.
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