France, Oct. 2 -- Several vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian convoy sailing towards Gaza, have been intercepted and boarded by Israeli forces during the night as they attempted to push through the naval blockade. RFI spoke to a French surgeon on board one of the 44 ships and the wife of a UK activist whose boat was intercepted.

"The Israeli military is trying to terrorise us by relentlessly attacking us with water cannons, blasting bright flashing lights and shrilling sirens," Dr Yacine Haffaf, a French surgeon on board of the Jeannot III told RFI this morning.

He is one of the 450 people from over 40 countries sailing on the 44 boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) which set sail for Gaza at the beginning of Septem...