Activist boat intercepted by navy last night set to reach Ashdod Port within hours — source

By Emanuel Fabian

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9 June 2025, 4:32 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Activists aboard the Madleen holding their hands up in a screenshot from video taken on June 9, 2025. (screen capture: Al Jazeera/YouTube)

The activist boat that was intercepted by the Israeli Navy overnight is set to reach Ashdod Port in the coming hours, a military source tells The Times of Israel.

The detained activists, who had attempted to reach the Gaza Strip, will then be handed over to the police to be deported.

The Foreign Ministry in an update on X says that “the ‘selfie yacht’ carrying Greta Thunberg and the other so-called ‘celebrities’ is continuing its journey toward an Israeli port.”

“Upon arrival, arrangements will be made for their return to their respective home countries,” the ministry says.