US EditionTunisia says Gaza aid flotilla targeted by ‘premeditated attack’
The flotilla, aiming to break Israel's blockade of Gaza, was struck twice by suspected Israeli drones while anchored, with eyewitnesses and video confirming the attacks.
- Late on September 9, 2025, while docked near Sidi Bou Said in Tunisian waters, the vessel Alma from the Global Sumud Flotilla was struck by a fire-starting object released from a drone.
- This attack followed a similar drone strike less than 48 hours earlier that caused a fire on the forward deck of another flotilla boat named Family, anchored in the same area.
- Videos released by the flotilla show an unlit drone releasing the incendiary object onto Alma’s deck, which caught fire but caused only minor damage and no injuries, with the fire extinguished by local authorities.
- Thousands gathered earlier on September 9 on Sidi Bou Said’s beach to support the flotilla, which intends to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza and open a humanitarian corridor, while activists urged the Irish Government to demand their safe passage.
- Tunisian officials denied involvement and any hostile act, calling the assault 'orchestrated', while the flotilla organizers assert the attacks are attempts by Israel to disrupt their mission, and investigations by Tunisian authorities remain ongoing.
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Tunisia says assault on Gaza aid ship was ’orchestrated’
Tunisia said on Wednesday the "assault" on a ship at Sidi Bou Said port was "orchestrated," after the Global Sumud Flotilla, preparing to deliver aid to Gaza, reported one of its boats was attacked by a drone in the second such strike in two days. GSF is set to sail for Gaza in an effort to break Israel's naval blockade, following two nights of drone attacks on key vessels in the convoy which organisers described as deliberate attempts by Israel…
The organizers of the humanitarian convoy announced that they had been targeted twice. However, the Tunisian authorities had so far denied these accusations.
The Tunisian Ministry of the Interior said this Wednesday that the attack on the eve of a flotilla boat for Gaza, moored near Tunis, had been "premeditated".
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