Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Pro-Palestinian group Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) says Israeli [pirates] have boarded a boat that was trying to bring food aid to the Gaza Strip by sea. It said the Handala vessel was intercepted in international waters. Video footage purportedly showed activists on board with their hands up as several armed [pirates] took control of the vessel. The Israeli foreign ministry said the country’s navy stopped the boat ‘from illegally [sic] entering the maritime zone of the coast of Gaza’ and breaking the blockade there. It added that the ship ‘is safely making its way to the shores of Israel’ and that ‘all [abducted] passengers are safe.'” (07/27/25)