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Freedom Flotilla Campaign

Boats belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla depart for Gaza from the port of Marmaris, Turkey, May 14, 2026, in an attempt to break the Israeli naval blockade. (AP/Murat Kocabas)
September 2, 2026, 8:48 pm
New Gaza flotilla due to set sail in October in bid to break Israeli blockade
Ships will stop in Spain, Portugal and Italy to gather support and raise funds for their cause before departing for the Palestinian enclave
By ToI Staff
Israeli Navy forces board one of the Freedom Flotilla's boats in the Mediterranean Sea, early October 8, 2025. (Screenshot: X)
October 8, 2025, 10:39 am
Latest Gaza flotilla intercepted by Navy, 150 activists set to be deported
Naval commandos rappel onto large passenger ship, board 8 other sail boats in Mediterranean; Israel says ‘futile attempt’ to breach blockade on Strip ‘ended in nothing’
By Emanuel Fabian
Greta Thunberg, detained by Israel after trying to breach the blockade on the Gaza Strip, is seen in a photo released October 3, 2025, by the Foreign Ministry. (Foreign Ministry)
October 3, 2025, 2:44 pm
Israel seizes last flotilla boat, readies to deport hundreds, as more ships set sail for Gaza
New 9-boat flotilla currently off coast of Greece; navy has intercepted 42 ships, detained 470 activists who tried to breach blockade, including Greta Thunberg; 4 deported so far
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Screenshots taken from live footage of the Handala activist boat trying to break the naval blockade on Gaza as it is boarded by Israeli Navy forces, on July 26, 2025. (Screenshot: Salaamedia on Youtube)
July 27, 2025, 5:38 pm
Gaza flotilla seized by IDF towed to Ashdod, activists taken into custody upon entry
Israeli rights group says Handala ‘unlawfully intercepted’ in international waters, its lawyers meeting with 19 of ship’s crew of 21, while two Israeli activists transferred to police
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A screenshot taken from live footage of the Handala activist boat trying to break the naval blockade on Gaza as it is boarded by Israeli Navy forces, on July 26, 2025. (Screenshot: Salaamedia on Youtube)
July 27, 2025, 4:08 am
IDF takes over pro-Palestinian activist boat attempting to break Gaza blockade
Livestream by those aboard Handala shows Navy forces boarding vessel 100 km west of Strip; Israel to deport hunger strike-threatening activists after towing boat to Ashdod Port
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
This photograph shows a view of the Freedom Flotilla ship Handala as it departs for Gaza, where it aimed to break the maritime blockade, at a port in Syracuse, Sicily, southern Italy, on July 13, 2025. (Giovanni Isolino/AFP)
July 26, 2025, 8:01 pm
IDF expected to intercept latest aid flotilla approaching Gaza
Crew of Handala, which includes several activists and journalists, warn they will hunger strike if Israel stops them from reaching Strip; IDF says it will enforce maritime blockade
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
This photograph shows a view of the Freedom Flotilla ship Handala as it departs for Gaza, where it aimed to break the maritime blockade, at a port in Syracuse, Sicily, southern Italy, on July 13, 2025. (Giovanni Isolino/AFP)
July 13, 2025, 4:58 pm
Activists set sail from Italy in fresh attempt to challenge Gaza blockade
Handala departs Sicily with plan to sail Mediterranean for a week, including picking up members of far-left French political party, before attempting to reach enclave
By AFP and ToI Staff
European Parliament member Rima Hassan speaks during a rally in central Paris on May 29, 2024, to protest an Israeli strike on a camp in Rafah. (Zakaria Abdelkafi/ AFP)
June 11, 2025, 10:15 pm
Israel holding two Gaza boat activists in solitary confinement, NGO claims
Brazilian Thiago Avila and French-Palestinian EU lawmaker Rima Hassan said sent to separate prisons; activists seeking attention on the back of Gazan suffering, says French PM
By AFP and ToI Staff
Greta Thunberg on a plane leaving Israel, June 10, 2025 (Foreign Ministry via X)
June 10, 2025, 1:02 pm
Thunberg, 3 other flotilla activists booted from Israel; 8 held for refusing deportation
She claims she was kidnapped, interrogated; Trump: ‘Israel has enough problems without kidnapping Thunberg’; Report: Katz wanted to film activists watching Oct. 7 atrocity film, but was stopped
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An Israeli soldier offers activist Greta Thunberg water and a pastrami sandwich after the military intercepted and boarded the boat on which she and other activists were seeking to break Israel's blockade on Gaza, early on June 9, 2025. (Foreign Ministry)
June 9, 2025, 10:20 am
Israeli troops detain Gaza-bound activists including Greta Thunberg, tow boat to Ashdod
Group who sought to bust blockade to be sent home; no injuries reported as Madleen intercepted; Thunberg says she’s been ‘kidnapped’; Israel says ‘selfie yacht’ a provocation, aid onboard to be sent to Strip via ‘real humanitarian channels’
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Climate activist Greta Thunberg, center, waits to board the Madleen boat, before setting sail for Gaza along with activists of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, departing from the Sicilian port of Catania, Italy, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli)
June 8, 2025, 6:17 pm
Katz tells IDF to prevent Greta Thunberg’s boat from breaching Gaza blockade
Defense minister urges ‘antisemitic Greta’ to ‘turn back, because you will not reach Gaza’; activist onboard claims IDF ‘jamming’ boat’s GPS, likely due to Houthi drone precaution
By Emanuel Fabian and AP
Climate activist Greta Thunberg with other activists from a human rights organization meets with journalists in Catania, Italy, ahead of their departure for the Mideast, June 1, 2025. (AP/Salvatore Cavalli)
June 7, 2025, 5:32 pm
Activist aid ship carrying Greta Thunberg reaches Egypt’s coast as it heads for Gaza
IDF planning to intercept vessel if it approaches Strip; in video message, Thunberg tells crowd at Macklemore concert to stand against ‘genocide’ while calling to ‘free Palestine’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Climate activist Greta Thunberg boards the Madleen boat before setting sail for Gaza along with activists of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, departing from the Sicilian port of Catania, Italy, June 1, 2025. (AP/Salvatore Cavalli)
June 6, 2025, 11:36 am
Israeli Navy gears up to block Greta Thunberg’s high-profile protest ship headed for Gaza
Freedom Flotilla’s Madleen, sailing under UK flag, set to reach Israeli territorial waters in coming days; clashes with activists would likely spark uproar
By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Climate activist Greta Thunberg boards the Madleen boat before setting sail for Gaza along with activists of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, departing from the Sicilian port of Catania, Italy, June 1, 2025. (AP/Salvatore Cavalli)
June 1, 2025, 9:25 pm
Greta Thunberg sets sail with Gaza flotilla that aims to break Israeli naval blockade
Activists depart from southern Italy with ‘symbolic’ humanitarian aid; Israel still mum on allegations it bombed vessel near Malta last month
By Agencies
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg stages a United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) protest outside a UN representative office in Yerevan on November 15, 2024. (Karen Minasyan / AFP)
May 30, 2025, 9:21 am
Greta Thunberg to try to visit Gaza on ‘Freedom Flotilla’ ship
Swedish climate activist, outspokenly anti-Israel since Oct. 7, to board ship Sunday alongside French MP who was banned from Israel after calling it a ‘terrorist’ state
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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