Several boats of the Gaza aid flotilla, carrying symbolic humanitarian aid to famine-stricken Gaza, were intercepted by Israeli navy and their passengers transferred to an Israeli port, the Israeli foreign ministry said on Wednesday. “Already several vessels of the Hamas-Sumud flotilla have been safely stopped and their passengers are being transferred to an Israeli port. Greta and her friends are safe and healthy,” the ministry said.The Foreign Ministry published a video of a naval lieutenant speaking over a radio to the activists, warning they were “approaching a blockaded zone.” “If you wish to deliver aid to Gaza, you may do so through the established channels. Please change your course toward the Port of Ashdod, where the aid will undergo a security inspection and then be transferred into the Gaza Strip,” she said.
The sole purpose of the Hamas-Sumud flotilla is provocation. Israel, Italy, Greece, and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem have all offered and continue to offer the flotilla a way to peacefully deliver any aid they might have to Gaza. The flotilla refused because they are not… pic.twitter.com/pLQj1FLIPA
— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) October 1, 2025
The Israeli Foreign Ministry shared a video on X showing Thunberg sitting on a ship's deck being handed a water bottle and raincoat.
Already several vessels of the Hamas-Sumud flotilla have been safely stopped and their passengers are being transferred to an Israeli port.
— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) October 1, 2025
Greta and her friends are safe and healthy. pic.twitter.com/PA1ezier9s
The flotilla — which departed from Spain a month ago — is carrying a symbolic amount of humanitarian aid for Gaza and over 500 people, according to the organizers, some of whom Israel has accused of having ties to Hamas. The Global Sumud Flotilla, around 45 vessels carrying activists and politicians including Thunberg, left Spain last month aiming to break Israel's blockade of Gaza. The group, which also includes Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Mandla Mandela, former Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau and several European lawmakers, said it remained undeterred in its mission to break the Israeli blockade and bring aid to Palestinians.
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