JERUSALEM/ASHDOD, Israel ¨C Israeli naval forces boarded and seized a charity vessel carrying Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, which had tried to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip on Monday.
The British-flagged yacht, Madleen, which is operated by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition, had aimed to deliver a symbolic amount of aid to Gaza later on Monday and raise international awareness of the humanitarian crisis there.
¡°If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by Israeli occupational forces or forces that support Israel,¡± Thunberg, 22, said in a video released by the FFC, filmed before the vessel was captured.
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