TUNIS: A flotilla bound for Gaza with aid for the war-battered Palestinian territory said on Wednesday that it would continue its course despite what it called "intimidation tactics" by the Israeli military.

A flotilla of approximately 45 vessels carrying activists and politicians, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg and Nelson Mandela's grandson, Mandla Mandela, departed Spain last month with the aim of breaking Israel's blockade of Gaza, which has caused a famine resulting in hundreds of deaths.

"In the early hours of this morning, Israeli occupation naval forces launched an intimidatory operation against the Global Sumud Flotilla," the organisers said in a statement as the vessels approached waters off Egypt, where previous attempts have been intercepted.

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