The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Wednesday that it had intercepted the first boats of Greta Thunberg’s 47-boat “flotilla” that aimed to run the Israel’s blockade around Gaza, which exists to prevent Hamas from importing weapons.

The Times of Israel reported :

The Israeli Navy operation, which came as the country marked Yom Kippur, continued overnight into early [Thursday] morning, with troops having boarded at least six of the 47 ships in the Global Sumud Flotilla by midnight and detaining the activists aboard after jamming their signals.

One of the first boats to be boarded was carrying Greta Thunberg, with the Foreign Ministry sharing a video of an Israeli soldier handing her belongings after being detained.

…Once brought to Israel, the activists will be deported.

Thunberg was

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