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Organisers of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying assistance and pro-Palestinian activists said precocious Tuesday they heard explosions and saw aggregate drones that targeted immoderate of their boats, presently situated disconnected Greece.
"Multiple drones, unidentified objects dropped, communications jammed and explosions heard from a fig of boats," the Global Sumud Flotilla said successful a statement, without adding whether determination were immoderate casualties.
"We are witnessing these intelligence operations firsthand, close now, but we volition not beryllium intimidated," the connection said.
German quality rights activistic and flotilla subordinate Yasemin Acar said successful a video she posted connected Instagram that 5 vessels had been attacked.
"We are carrying lone humanitarian aid," she said. "We person nary weapons. We airs nary menace to anyone. It is Israel who is sidesplitting thousands of radical [and] starving a full population."
In an earlier video, Ms. Acar said the activists had "sighted 15 to 16 drones", adding that their radios had been jammed arsenic large euphony could beryllium heard.
One video posted by the flotilla's authoritative Instagram leafage showed an detonation it said it recorded from the Spectre vessel astatine "01:43 GMT +3".
In different video posted by the aforesaid page, Brazilian activistic Thiago Avila said 4 boats had been "targeted with drones throwing devices" conscionable earlier different detonation was heard successful the background.
The Global Sumud Flotilla acceptable sail from Barcelona earlier this period with the purpose of breaking Israel's blockade of Gaza and delivering assistance to the territory.
It presently numbers 51 vessels, astir of which are situated disconnected the Greek land of Crete.
It had already been targeted successful 2 suspected drone attacks successful Tunisia, wherever its vessel had been anchored earlier resuming its voyage towards Gaza.
Among its high-profile participants is biology activistic Greta Thunberg.
Israel said Monday (September 23, 2025) it would not let the boats to scope Gaza.
Israel blocked 2 earlier attempts by activists to scope Gaza by oversea successful June and July.
Israel has travel nether immense planetary unit implicit its warfare successful Gaza, which has sparked a dire humanitarian situation successful the Palestinian territory.
Last month, a assemblage backed by the United Nations officially declared famine successful portion of Gaza.
And connected September 16, U.N. investigators accused Israel of committing "genocide" successful the besieged territory, astir 2 years aft the warfare erupted following Hamas's October 7, 2023, onslaught connected Israel.
