Israeli forces have intercepted 39 boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza, leaving only one vessel still sailing towards the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave, the flotilla organisers say.

Cameras broadcasting live feeds from the boats, verified by Reuters, showed Israeli soldiers sporting helmets and night vision goggles boarding the ships, while passengers huddled together in life vests with their hands up.

A video from the Israeli foreign ministry showed the most prominent of the flotilla's passengers, Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, sitting on a deck surrounded by soldiers.

According to a tracker on the organiser, Global Sumud Flotilla's website, one boat was still sailing.

"Several vessels of the Hamas-Sumud flotilla have been safely stopped and their pas

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