Organisers of a flotilla say they have detected at least 20 vessels on their radar nearby. Photo: AP PHOTO

Twenty unidentified vessels have been seen approaching an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip, multiple people on board say, as passengers put on life vests and braced for a takeover.

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The Global Sumud Flotilla, which consists of more than 40 civilian boats carrying about 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, is trying to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip with medicine and food, despite

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