Hundreds of Global Sumud Flotilla Activists Remain Detained by Israeli Forces

Hundreds of Global Sumud Flotilla Activists Remain Detained by Israeli Forces

News October 4, 2025
Hundreds of Global Sumud Flotilla Activists Remain Detained by Israeli Forces
Occupied Palestine (QNN)- Around 450 activists from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla remain in Israeli detention after Israeli forces boarded their aid boats, abducted them, and forcibly taken them to Israel for deportation. On Friday, four Italian activists detained on board the Global Sumud Flotilla were deported after they were forcibly taken to Israel. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said procedures were under way to send all remaining participants to other countries. Some 450 activists are in Israeli detention, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg. This week, Israeli forces “illegally intercepted” 42 civilian vessels and arrested about 500 activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla. The boats were carrying “humanitarian aid, volunteers, and the determination to break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza”, the group said. According to US outlet CBS News, citing American intelligence officials briefed on the matter, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly approved an illegal drone attack on two boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla docked in Tunisia. Israeli forces launched drones from a submarine and dropped incendiary devices onto the boats, which were moored outside Tunisian port Sidi Bou Said, causing a fire. No one was killed or injured in the attacks, which targeted a Portuguese-flagged vessel and a British-flagged vessel in separate incidents on September 8 and 9. The use of incendiary weapons against civilian populations or objects is prohibited in all circumstances under international humanitarian law and the law of armed conflict. Israel has a long history of intercepting and attacking flotillas bound for the Gaza Strip, particularly since it imposed a blockade on the enclave in 2007.

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