"They are already coming for us. Two dozen vessels are waiting for us," #JoseLuisYbot, a passenger on the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, said in a video posted on social media.

2 other passengers, including #JuanBordera, a regional lawmaker from #Spain's #Compromis party, confirmed the boats' approach.

One said that around 2 dozen vessels were coming & that the #flotilla could be intercepted within the hour.

#Aid #Gaza #Palestinians #Israel #HumanitarianCrisis #starvation #HumanRights #FreedomFlotilla

Livestream of #GlobalSumudFlotilla

Several of the live feeds from cameras on boats in the #flotilla are going dark intermittedly.

#Israel #Gaza #Aid #Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #starvation #HumanRights #FreedomFlotilla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2bWFtpjU

Tunisian organizers & participants said that the Israeli Navy radioed all the captains of the #GlobalSumudFlotilla.

It said that continuing to sail toward the shores of #Gaza and attempting to "break the blockade" would be considered a "violation," exposing the participants to arrest & treatment in accordance with the *law*.

#Israel #Aid #Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #starvation #HumanRights #FreedomFlotilla

#Sirius & #CaptainNikos intercepted, says Italian journalist on board

The interception has started, said Lorenzo D'Agostino, an Italian journalist on board the Hilo, which is part of the #flotilla.

"From #Alma we don't have communications anymore. Sirius intercepted, seen with my eyes, Captain Nikos intercepted, seen on chat. The rest of the Flotilla keeps going."

#Israel #Gaza #Aid #Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #starvation #HumanRights #FreedomFlotilla #GlobalSumudFlotilla

Still awaiting official confirmation if any of the activists have been detained, but #Spain's Health Minister Monica Garcia posted:

“The detention of the #flotilla is yet another demonstration of #Israel's inhumanity & its determination to destroy the #Palestinian people.”

“We demand the immediate release of all those detained & that the international community act to stop the #genocide in #Gaza. #Netanyahu & his government must be held accountable. Enough with impunity!”

#GlobalSumudFlotilla

#Israel posted video of Navy calling flotilla

"The sole purpose of the *Hamas-Sumud flotilla* is provocation."

It included a video of an Israeli officer calling the flotilla.

She can be heard saying: "This is the Israeli Navy. You are approaching a blockaded zone. If you wish to deliver #aid to #Gaza, you may do so through the established channels. Please change your course toward the port of Ashdod where the aid will undergo a security inspection & then be transferred into the Gaza Strip."