A previous boat sent by Freedom Flotilla, the Madleen, was also intercepted by the Israeli military in international waters ...

The Israeli military has intercepted a Gaza-bound aid ship, detaining 21 international activists and journalists and seizing ...

The activist group Freedom Flotilla announced Saturday that its latest aid boat dispatched to Gaza was approaching the ...

Israeli forces intercepted the 'Handala,' a vessel from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, aiming to breach Gaza's maritime ...

Israeli troops on Sunday brought the pro-Palestinian activist boat Handala into the port of Ashdod after seizing the vessel ...

Israeli forces intercepted the Handala, a Gaza-bound ship carrying aid and activists, within 70 nautical miles of its ...

The aid flotilla has reportedly already made it closer to the Strip than the Madleen flotilla that was stopped by Israeli forces last month.

The Handala, organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, had departed from Syracuse, Italy, on July 13, aiming to deliver humanitarian aid and symbolically challenge Israel's blockade on Gaza.

An Israeli rights organisation says authorities are blocking lawyers from accessing the detained activists, whose location remains unknown.