{"id":3051,"date":"2026-04-30T07:14:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/?p=3051"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:00:27","slug":"israeli-navy-intercepts-11-sumud-flotilla-vessels-near-crete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/israeli-navy-intercepts-11-sumud-flotilla-vessels-near-crete\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Sumud and Freedom Flotilla was &#8216;subjected to an act of piracy by the Zionist entity in the open sea&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories on Thursday described Israel&#8217;s interception of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla as \u201cApartheid without borders\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cALARM! How on earth is possible that Israel is allowed to assault and seize vessels in international waters just off Greece\/Europe? Besides what you can think of Apartheid Israel and its genocidal leaders, this should send shock waves across Europe,\u201d said Francesca Albanese on the US social media platform X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"ISRAELI NAVY INTERCEPTS GAZABOUND SUMUD FLOTILLA IN INTERNATIONAL WATER\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eEOKJI88PxU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Israeli army detained more than 180 activists in international waters, 900 kilometres off the Palestinian enclave, the head of the International Committee to Break the Siege on Gaza, which organised the voyage, said on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGlobal Sumud and Freedom Flotilla was subjected to a fully-fledged act of piracy by the army of the Zionist entity in the open sea, in international waters and at a distance of 500 nautical miles from the Palestinian occupied territories and from the Gaza Strip,\u201d Youssef Ajisa told Anadolu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He accused Israel of staging the raid at night \u201cto cover up the media aspect of this brutal and barbaric act.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The flotilla, carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza, aims to break Israel&#8217;s blockade and open a humanitarian corridor by sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move came hours after Hebrew media reported that Israel was preparing to intercept the flotilla, which includes around 100 boats in total carrying nearly 1 000 activists from several countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel has imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip since 2007, leaving about 1,5 million Palestinians out of roughly 2,4 million homeless after their homes were destroyed during the war. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, the Gaza-bound fleet said that Israeli naval forces intercepted and disabled several of its vessels in international waters, leaving hundreds of civilians stranded at sea as a storm approached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late Wednesday, the Israeli Army Radio said naval forces had started taking control of flotilla vessels bound for Gaza far from Israel&#8217;s coast.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" 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Greece&#8217;s island of Crete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Just spoke to friends on the Global Sumud Flotilla. Israeli vessels &amp; drones are harassing them off the coast of Crete,&#8221; he said through the US social media platform X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-wp-embed is-provider-real-news-real-impact wp-block-embed-real-news-real-impact\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bumgvah8ZM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/we-want-action-not-sympathy-dr-haidar-eids-message-from-gaza\/\">&#8216;We Want Action, Not Sympathy&#8217;: A Message from Gaza<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;&#8216;We Want Action, Not Sympathy&#8217;: A Message from Gaza&#8221; &#8212; REAL NEWS,REAL IMPACT\" src=\"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/we-want-action-not-sympathy-dr-haidar-eids-message-from-gaza\/embed\/#?secret=pJPjUrYZbH#?secret=bumgvah8ZM\" data-secret=\"bumgvah8ZM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Greek government is either complicit or incapable of defending our seas from Israel,&#8221; he added, while the Greek government and Israeli officials did not immediately respond to Varoufakis&#8217;s comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adding to the backlash, Italian lawmaker Arturo Scotto said the flotilla was intercepted about 500kms from Gaza in international waters near Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHistory repeats itself. This time, very practically in Europe,\u201d Scotto wrote on X, questioning whether such \u201cviolence and disregard for international law\u201d could be tolerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Spain, Ione Belarra, leader of the Podemos party, said the flotilla appeared to be \u201cseized in international waters\u201d by Israeli forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is another war crime for which they will one day have to pay,\u201d she wrote on X, calling on the Spanish government and the European Commission to provide immediate protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, a Spanish activist aboard the flotilla, Pablo Quesada Martin, said that stopping a ship in international waters is a violation of international law, adding that those on board were seeking support from Greek authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIsrael is committing genocide in Palestine, carrying out ethnic cleansing, and no one is doing anything about it. 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