US EditionIsrael Seizes New Gaza-Bound Flotilla in International Waters, Plans Rapid Deportations
The nine-vessel flotilla carrying over $110,000 in medical and nutritional aid was stopped 120 nautical miles from Gaza, with 145 activists detained and set for deportation.
- The Israeli army intercepted three boats approximately 220 kilometers off the coast of Gaza around 4:30 a.m. on October 8, 2025.
- The flotilla carried about 100,000 euros worth of aid intended for Gaza's hospitals, involving activists from Spain.
- Activists' whereabouts remain unknown, but the Freedom Flotilla Coalition anticipates deportations to occur within days.
- Ireland's Foreign Minister stated that the priority is to ensure the safety of its detained citizens, expecting them to be processed at Ashdod port.
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Quebec's Nimâ Machouf was reportedly arrested by the Israeli authorities on Wednesday. She was on board the Consciousness, a boat headed for Gaza intercepted by Israel, according to the Freedom Flotilla coalition.
Israeli forces intercept more Gaza-bound aid ships
More aid ships that are part of an organization called the Freedom Flotilla Coalition were intercepted on Wednesday by Israeli forces as it was roughly 120 nautical miles from Gaza, according to the organizers. This comes after Israel detained dozens of activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla last week, including Greta Thunberg.
Quebec doctor Nimâ Machouf is one of six Canadians aboard a ship en route to the Gaza Strip, intercepted at sea by Israel.
6 Canadians among activists detained by Israeli military on Gaza flotilla
The Israeli military intercepted a nine-boat flotilla trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza early Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea and detained scores of activists on board, the flotilla organizers and the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.
Israeli Military Intercepts Another Flotilla Heading to Gaza and Detains Scores of Activists
The Israeli military intercepted a nine-boat flotilla trying to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza early Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea and detained scores of activists on board, the flotilla organizers and the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.
Returning to France after being imprisoned for five days in an Israeli prison, with the Secretary General of the Union CGT 31 Cédric Caubère and a Toulouse doctor Khaled Benboutrif, the MP LFI for the...
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