More than 400 pro-Palestinian activists aboard 41 vessels in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla were detained by Israeli naval forces, an Israeli official said Thursday.
“In an operation that lasted roughly 12 hours, Israeli Navy personnel foiled a large-scale incursion attempt by hundreds of individuals aboard 41 vessels that had declared their intention to breach the legal maritime security blockade on the Gaza Strip,” the official said.
“At the end of the operation more than some 400 participants were safely transferred to Ashdod port for processing by the Israel police.”
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