Israeli Forces Board Gaza-Bound Boat Carrying Activist Greta Thunberg, Redirect It

Israeli forces on Monday intercepted a humanitarian aid vessel bound for Gaza that included Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg among its passengers, according to the ship’s organisers.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition announced via Telegram that contact had been lost with the vessel Madleen, stating, “Connection has been lost on the ‘Madleen’. Israeli army have boarded the vessel," AFP reported.

Mahmud Abu-Odeh, a Germany-based press officer with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, told AFP that “the activists seemed to be arrested."