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Global Sumud Flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg intercepted by Israel's military before reaching Gaza (www.abc.net.au)
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In short:

The Global Sumud Flotilla, attempting to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza, has been intercepted by the Israeli navy.

A boat carrying Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was the first to be boarded, with Israel saying "Greta and her friends are safe and healthy".

The flotilla said Israeli navy forces were using "active aggression" on their fleet.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The flotilla was intercepted far outside Israeli waters. Have you seen actual video of this thing? It's a bunch of hippies with boats. A mothballed WWII destroyer could waltz through there and simply ram the whole mess. Fuck me, a few Somali pirates would make short work of this "armada".

There was zero threat and you can hardly be ignorant enough to pretend they were in sight of Israel's beaches, even with a fucking telescope.