WATCH: Activists Scramble to Abandon Ship After Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Flotilla Rocked by Explosion

David Gilmour Sep 9th, 2025, 6:05 am

Footage recorded by activists shows the moment that Greta Thunberg’s Gaza-bound boat was rocked by an explosion before catching fire off the Tunisian coast on Monday night, forcing activists to abandon ship.

The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), a coalition of some 20 vessels carrying activists from 44 countries, said a Portuguese-flagged ship carrying the flotilla’s steering committee suffered fire damage.

Remarkably, no one was injured.

The group claimed that the vessel was “struck by what is suspected to be a drone.”

“I was sleeping when I heard this explosion,” journalist Yusuf Omar , who is aboard the flotilla, told . “A big explosion happen

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