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Tunisian officials on Tuesday rejected an activist group’s claim that a drone bombed its flotilla as it was delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza.

The Tunisian Interior Ministry said in a statement that reports of a drone strike on a boat at Sidi Bou Said port “have no basis in truth,” and was investigating a fire that broke out on the deck of the vessel, Reuters reported.

The response came after the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) said in a statement overnight that one of its main vessels “was struck by a drone.” The group said the boat, sailing under the Portuguese flag, sustained damage to its main deck and below-deck storage, but that no one was hurt.

Footage posted on the group’s social media showed a flash of light landing on one of the boats

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