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Israel’s Foreign Ministry shared a video showing the detained activists who were bound to an aid boat heading to Gaza. The Israeli authorities shared the video after seizing control of the vessel named “Madleen”, which was carrying prominent activists, including Climate Activist Greta Thunberg.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry shared the video of the activists on board being given food and water. The Israeli authorities have been calling it a “selfie yacht,” negating the importance of the mission. “All the passengers of the ‘selfie yacht’ are safe and unharmed. They were provided with sandwiches and water. The show is over,” the ministry wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Earlier, the ministry noted that the boat was being towed to Israeli shores, and the activists would be deported soon after they arrive in Israel. The Israeli authorities noted that the “tiny amount of aid” it was carrying would be sent to Gaza.
Where is the boat now heading
According to The Times of Israel, the Madleen and its passengers will be taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod. The Israeli news outlet reported that the naval unit, Shayetet 13, was responsible for the interception at around 3 am local time.
Meanwhile, Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel Katz, issued a statement congratulating the Israeli army on the “quick and safe takeover” of the Madleen, the Gaza-bound aid vessel. Katz said that activists would show the video of the October 7 attacks.
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View All“I congratulate the IDF for the quick and safe takeover of the “Madlan” flotilla to prevent them from breaking the blockade and reaching the shores of Gaza. I instructed the IDF to show the flotilla passengers the video of the horrors of the October 7 massacre when they arrive at the port of Ashdod,” the Israeli defence minister said in the post.
“It is appropriate that the anti-Semitic Greta and her fellow Hamas supporters see exactly who the Hamas terrorist organisation they came to support and for whom they work is, what atrocities they committed against women, the elderly, and children, and against whom Israel is fighting to defend itself,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the interception of the vessel and called for the protection of the crew onboard. The MFA based in the West Bank said that it “appreciates their efforts and the extreme hardships and dangers they endured at sea in pursuit of this noble humanitarian goal of standing by our people in the Gaza Strip.”
“The Ministry calls on the international community and all countries to heed the call of international activists and their humanitarian message,” the ministry further reads.