Kathmandu, Oct. 8 -- The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) and Thousand Madleens to Gaza (TMTG) said three boats had been intercepted and boarded by the Israeli military at 04:34 at 220km off Gaza in international waters in the Mediterranean.

The unarmed crew aboard the Gaza Sunbirds, Alaa Al-Najajr, Anas Al-Sharif include doctors, journalists, and elected officials. Humanitarian aid worth over $110,000 in medicines, respiratory equipment, and nutritional supplies for Gazans was confiscated.

Israel military stops Gaza flotilla "Israel has no legal authority to detain international volunteers aboard these ships," said David Heap, Canadian Boat to Gaza and Freedom Flotilla Coalition Steering Committee. "This seizure blatantly violates inte...