Activists claim Israeli vessel approached and disrupted Gaza flotilla

Published on 01/10/2025 - 10:03 GMT+2

The Global Sumud Flotilla carrying activists and humanitarian assistance to Gaza, attempting to break done Israel's naval blockade, said it was approached by what 1 of its members described arsenic an Israeli subject alloy successful nan early hours of Wednesday.

The ship, according to activistic Thiago Avila and others, damaged connection systems connected immoderate of nan boats wrong nan fleet, including nan lead boats Alma and Sirius, and performed “very vulnerable maneuvers”.

In a collaborative station connected Avila's Instagram page, a ample alloy tin beryllium seen circling nan flotilla’s fleet. It is unclear whether nan vessel nan activistic accused of nan onslaught was so Israeli, arsenic visibility was limited.

Euronews reviewed nan video and could not independently verify nan vessel's identity.

“Despite nan nonaccomplishment of physics devices, nary 1 has been injured and we support connected going to Gaza to break nan siege and create a humanitarian corridor,” Avila said connected Instagram.

The group stated successful a station connected Telegram Wednesday that its vessels were astir 120 nautical miles (222 kilometres) disconnected Gaza erstwhile aggregate unidentified vessels approached them, which they said had already left.

“Unidentified vessels approached a number of boats successful nan Flotilla, immoderate pinch their lights off. Participants applied information protocols successful mentation for an interception. The vessels person now near nan Flotilla,” nan station said.

It is unclear whether much than 1 alloy was progressive successful nan alleged attack.

The group added that it is wished to outperform erstwhile fleets and scope Gaza this time. The past 2 missions to sail, nan Madleen successful June, were intercepted by Israeli vessels astir 100 nautical miles disconnected nan Strip, while nan Handala reached 57 nautical miles.

Several European nations, including Spain and Italy, provided escort to nan flotilla connected parts of its journey, aft reports of drone attacks adjacent Greece.

The attacks travel arsenic Israeli forces proceed to intensify their violative connected Gaza, which reaches nan two-year people successful 1 week.

Palestinian aesculapian sources opportunity astatine slightest 42 group were killed successful Tuesday’s attacks crossed nan besieged territory, chiefly successful nan north, wherever nan IDF is conducting crushed operations successful Gaza City, and injuring adjacent to 200 others.

The decease toll has besides now surpassed 66,000, according to nan Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, whose figures do not separate betwixt civilian and combatant casualties.

On Monday, US President Donald Trump unveiled his 21-point bid scheme for Gaza alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successful an Oval Office meeting.

The scheme would spot nan merchandise of each remaining hostages held nether Hamas captivity successful Gaza, astir 50, pinch astir half of them believed to beryllium still alive.

It would besides spot nan disbandment of Hamas, who’d beryllium fixed “safe passage” to exit Gaza into different countries aliases amnesty if they take to stay successful nan enclave, and nan assignment of a provisional oversight government, led by erstwhile UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Trump says “all nan Arab countries” person agreed to his proposal, on pinch Israel, though countries for illustration Qatar person offered a different perspective, connected Tuesday claiming that “more discussions” were needed earlier they could endorse his plan.

Trump besides noted that Hamas is nan past remaining statement that must judge this woody for it to spell forward, urging it to return this connection and informing it of superior consequences successful nan nonaccomplishment to do so.