Four French activists who are being detained by Israel after being intercepted on board the Madleen humanitarian aid boat sailing for Gaza will be sent back to France on Thursday or Friday, Foreign ...

The climate activist turned Palestine advocate was among the crew of the ‘selfie yacht’ intercepted by Israeli forces attempting to enter the Strip ...

Israel says it enforced a lawful blockade in the international waters where it seized a flotilla carrying aid and activists bound for Gaza. But the seizure likely violates international laws.

Activists of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition board the Madleen boat in Catania, Italy, on June 1, 2025, ahead of setting sail for Gaza. Photo by Salvatore Cavalli, the Associated Press. Israel’s ...

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition has claimed the Madleen was in international waters, about 200 kilometres off the coast of Gaza, when Israel intercepted the boat.

Israel continues to detain eight individuals who were captured Monday when Israeli Navy commandos intercepted a Gaza-bound boat carrying humanitarian aid. Four other passengers on the Gaza Freedom ...

The activists' yacht, which was trying to carry aid to Gaza, was intercepted by Israeli forces in the early hours of Monday.

Madleen is the second FFC ship to be intercepted by Israel within just one month; in early May, another vessel, Conscience, was targeted by unmanned aircraft near Malta, although no casualties were ...

Four French activists who are being detained by Israel after being intercepted on board the Madleen humanitarian aid boat sailing for Gaza will be sent back to France on Thursday or Friday, Foreign ...

The coalition accused Israel of being behind the attacks, an accusation to which Israel did not respond. The coalition’s first mission, back in 2010, was a fiasco.