Turkey, which has sponsored pro-Hamas “flotillas” for more than a decade, rescued a ship in Greta Thunberg’s flotilla Monday after a leak in its engine room caused it to break down and issue a distress signal.

The Times of Israel reported :

Turkey helps evacuate activists aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla after one of the vessels broke down and began taking on water, organizers and Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu report.

…According to Anadolu, the vessel was located in international waters between Crete, Cyprus and Egypt when it issued a distress call early this morning.

…Semih Fener, the captain of one of the ships dispatched to assist, tells Anadolu the incident was due to a technical malfunction, not a sinking.

An Instagram post by the group documented the near-disaster:

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