Members of a high-profile marine mission attempting to break Israel’s blockade on Gaza claim that they are being surrounded by Israeli forces.
A video shared by activist Thiago Avilo shows him wearing a lifejacket as an alarm sounds behind him.
“We are being surrounded by their boats. Yes, this is an interception,” he says.
Special UN Rapporteur Francesca Albanese writes on X that members of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition tell her they are being surrounded by five Israeli military boats.
“The captain is instructing the team to stay calm and seated, with their passports and life jackets on,” she writes.
French parliamentarian Rema Hassan, who is on board the boat, posts that “our life jackets are on, we’re waiting.”
There is no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
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