On Thursday, Israeli forces intercepted about 40 boats carrying aid to Gaza and detained hundreds of people onboard, including Greta Thunberg, organizers said . The convoy, known as the Global Sumud Flotilla, was headed to Gaza with supplies, including food, baby formula, and medicine, as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians inside Israel’s blockade face what leading experts have called a “man-made” famine.
Flotilla organizers said more than 400 people were “abducted and reportedly taken aboard” an Israeli naval ship. “This was after they were assaulted with water cannons, doused with skunk water, and had their communications systematically jammed in yet more acts of aggression against unarmed civilians,” they added.
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