The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that four Italian citizens were deported from Israel after they were arrested by the Israeli authorities when the boats that sailed in a fleet bearing a bus on Gaza were concerned.
More than 470 people were arrested, according to the Israeli police. The ministry said that the authorities were in the process of deporting others.
The deportation operations are the last boat of the global Somoud Sultan (GSF) that was intercepted by the Israeli authorities on Friday morning.
GSF described Israel’s illegal objections, while Israel described the fleet actions as “provocation.”
The fleet ban has sparked protests around the world, including a general blow to Italy.
The first boats were stopped on Wednesday about 70 nautical miles off the Gaza coast in international waters and others. Israel was offering this region, but it has no specialty there.
Israel said that the navy had asked the boats to change the path because it “is close to the active fighting zone and violated the legal maritime blockade,” while GSF said the objections are “illegal.”
In a statement, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said: “Four Italian citizens have already been deported. The rest is in the process of deporting. Israel is keen to end this measure as soon as possible.”
He added that all the detainees were safe and in good health. GSF claimed that many activists were attacked on the water cannon while their boats were intercepted.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement stated the presence of Swedish activist Greta Thonberg on a boat, but he did not give more details about her situation.
In a statement on Friday morning, GSF said: “For 38 hours, the Israeli navy illegally intercepted all our ships 42 – whenever they carry humanitarian aid, volunteers and design to break the illegal siege of Israel in Gaza.”
She said that her last boat, Marinite, was illegally intercepted at 10:29 local time on Friday, about 42.5 nautical miles from Gaza in international waters.
“Direct tables and communications have been cut, and the participants and the crew are still in place,” GSF said.
He added: “This is an illegal attack on unarmed humanitarian doctors. We call on governments and international institutions to demand their safety and immediate launch.”
In the live broadcast of Marinett, one of the passengers was seen holding the paper on the camera read “We see a ship!” Before 10:00 local time (8:00 GMT).
After about half an hour, a boat full of armed forces that wear tactical equipment along with Marinite is pulled with a much larger military vessel in the background.
The latest data was placed on Marinette, via Flotilla, 43 nautical miles (80 km) from the Gaza coast at 10:07 – shortly before its riding.
The majority of ships sailing as an invisible fleet on the sites of traceors that are reviewed by the BBC verification.
It now showed five ships that were intercepted on Thursday at the Israeli Naval Base, and showed that maritime traffic track on Friday morning.
The BBC asked the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) whether they were planning to return the ships to their owners and the duration of the detainees.
GSF said that GSF Flotilla sailed to Gaza from Spain at the end of last month, with other boats joining Tunisia and other ports at a later time.
The protests needed to support the fleet and against the war in Gaza all over the world as boats approached the tape, in countries including Spain, Italy, Colombia and Argentina.
Participated in additional reports from Matt Murphy and Richard Erfin Brown
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2025-10-03 13:23:00
