A flotilla carrying aid to Gaza said Israeli forces were intercepting its latest bid to break an Israeli blockade of the war-battered Palestinian territory.

The Global Sumud Flotilla -- around 45 vessels carrying activists and politicians including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg -- left Spain last month aiming to break Israel's blockade of the Palestinian territory, where the UN says famine has set in.

"The warships are moving in to intercept the flotilla -- only 81 nautical miles remain to Gaza," said the Maghreb contingent of the Global Sumud Flotilla in a statement.

French politician Marie Mesmeur and Franco-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan also reported that their boats were being intercepted.

The French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot posted on X that Israeli authorities w

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