The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intercepted the Madleen , a boat carrying pro-Palestinian activists, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, who were trying to land in Gaza but were detained Monday local time without incident.

The Israeli foreign ministry shared video of the activists on the boat, as IDF soldiers handed out sandwiches.

The foreign ministry dubbed the boat the “selfie yacht,” mocking the passengers as useful idiots for Hamas.

The activists had claimed that the Israeli military had been targeting their boat with signal-jamming technology, but what they described — having their location show up on GPS maps as being on land in an Arab capital — is a common experience among Israelis since Hamas launched its war on October 7. Israel jams GPS signals near its borders to

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