Activists aboard Gaza-bound aid flotilla say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels. Naval ships had approached the flotilla and ordered them to turn off their engines, they said on social media.

Activists said earlier that they were prepared for the Israeli navy to intervene as they approached the besieged Palestinian territory on Wednesday (October 1, 2025), after a tense night in the Mediterranean Sea.

The Global Sumud Flotilla, with Greta Thunberg, Nelson Mandela's grandson, Mandla Mandela, and several European lawmakers aboard, consists of nearly 50 boats and 500 activists and is carrying a symbolic amount of humanitarian aid. It has remained undeterred in its mission to break the Israeli blockade of the coastal strip and reach Palestinians.

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