Israeli soldiers have boarded the Alma vessel, Middle East Eye can report. Alma is a the lead vessel of the Sumud Flotilla. Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, told MEE.
Albanese said the interception is unlawful under two basic premises. Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip is illegal under international law, Albanese said, adding, "it makes no sense whatsoever."
The flotilla is roughly 80 nautical miles from the coast of Gaza. Territorial waters extend for maximum 12 nautical miles.
43 Comments
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 75 pts · 350d
Italian & Spanish warships ... just spontaneously sunk themselves to avoid doing anything?
rozodru@piefed.social · 75 pts · 350d
They were only going to escort them up to a certain point, Israel was waiting for that point, once the flotilla reached said point they were on their own and then Israel struck.
Mirshe@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 350d
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 51 pts · 350d
The flotilla never enters Israeli waters. It is sailing to Gaza.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 43 pts · 350d
First of all:
wiki/Geography_of_Israel
And second - both counties said they wouldn't defend the flotilla even if Israel attacks them in international waters, they were there only to rescue the survivors after the attack.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 350d
ie, fucking useless
keyhoh@piefed.social · 39 pts · 350d
Where is the escort? I thought there were warships escorting the flotilla. Did they disappear?
mrdown@lemmy.world · 76 pts · 350d
They left when they entered the critical zone. This is how enslaved most countries are by this terrorist state
frongt@lemmy.zip · 19 pts · 350d
They were never going to defend them.
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 24 pts · 350d
bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 22 pts · 350d
Have previous efforts had 40+ ships simultaneously?
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 36 pts · 350d
No this is more ships than all previous flotillas combined.
degen@midwest.social · 20 pts · 350d
It sure seems like Israel wants war with checks laundry list Everyone... I'm just confused how external pressures haven't escalated the threat to full-blown WW3. Not that I want it to get there, but the only interpretation I can see is that Israel does.
frongt@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 350d
The people they're antagonizing don't have powerful allies.
M137@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 349d
Eh, I think it's just what always happens: they act like children in the way that they do shit to see what they can get away with.
The reasons for doing so are harder to know, and never exactly the same but generally rooted in hate, fear and narcissim. They start doing shit and examine how the world reacts, then tiptoes the line of what would bring out actual response and get them killed or in any other way stopped.
Then it's about if they get to some kind of place where they feel comfortable and don't push it more or they get overconfident and actually do step over the line and get shut down by any of the many possible ways that can happen.
This happens everywhere all the time in all different levels possible. Between two toddlers at a play date, bosses and their employees all the way to countries and world powers. And in our fictional stories (and possible futures) between planets, solar systems, galaxies and whole universes.
degen@midwest.social · 1 pts · 349d
Yeah, I suppose the idea is that it's always a test to see where the line is. And nobody wants it to go too far, so it ends up with everyone else letting things slide until they simply can't anymore.
It just sucks that the bias seems to be toward letting things get worse, giving in and appeasing before change is truly made and ideals are actually enforced. It's like it's some natural, social song and dance that needs to play out first, and that's just so much more messed up when it pertains to fascism and oppression.
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 349d
What I'm waiting for here is the reaction of Italian dockworkers to the Italian frigate doing absolutelly nothing when the Sumud Flotilla was attacked by an Israeli force in International Waters, which is literally an act of Piracy.
primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus · 10 pts · 350d
I'm sure this will end bloodlessly with the food and stuff getting through.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 350d
village604@adultswim.fan · 19 pts · 350d
I think they were being sarcastic.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 350d
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 350d
You're one of those people who rely on the "/s" aren't you
primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus · 8 pts · 350d
/s is for cowards and people not irony poisoned enough to give the rest of the building cancer.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 350d
Jarix@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 350d
In today's world that's not the insult you think it is
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 350d
It wasn't even meant as an insult. I came from Reddit where any sarcastic comment needed an /s because the majority of redditors are too stupid to acknowledge sarcasm or irony
Jarix@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 350d
Oh. The format you used I've only ever seen it was used to put people down
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 350d
Nah, I don't know you, I've got no reason to put you down
Jarix@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 349d
I was just commenting. Wasn't me you said it to
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 350d
I hope it's a troll account
SulaymanF@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 349d
I still have yet to hear about the previous flotilla supplies being delivered. As far as I know, Israel just warehoused it and says it will get there “eventually” once Netanyahu allows the blockade to end (when hell freezes over of course).
MrSulu@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 349d
Who is meant to uphold the law here? Even if it was the UK, I suspect our esteemed (not!) Leaders would find a simple reason not to.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world · -82 pts · 350d
115 tons of aid have entered Gaza from Israel/Egypt since the start of this flotilla.
The flotilla is carrying less than half of that.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 67 pts · 350d
Reminder this person is a mod on one of the biggest .world communities.
Presently42@lemmy.ca · 38 pts · 350d
Ah, so that's why people are saying to avoid .world
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 15 pts · 350d
At least it's just a news one. Nothing important or negative would appear there
garbagebagel@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 350d
Thanks, guess I'm making a new account.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 350d
Its meant to be symbolic aid and a breaking of the siege.
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 36 pts · 350d
Which is also far less than the area needs. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/31/the-mathematics-of-starvation-how-israel-caused-a-famine-in-gaza
But yay Israel not even doing bare minimum to prevent starvation?
thisnameisnottolong@piefed.au · 18 pts · 350d
And now justify the illegal blockade and the targeting of civilian vessels in international waters.
theacharnian@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 350d
At gunpoint. At killing fields. By a racist bunch of gangsters. During a fucking genocide.
Still the numbers are irrelevant. The point of the flotilla is to challenge the illegal and immoral blockade of Gaza by the genocidal Israeli apartheid regime. Even if they were carrying a single can of baby formula, the flotilla would still be immensely meaningful.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 350d
Where did you get this information?
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 349d
Israeli state accounts probably
mrdown@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 349d
Don't you mean propaganda accounts?
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 349d
Exactly the same these days but totally what that particular user would claim
HarneyToker@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 349d
Aaaand he’s gone. Don’t worry about the position of a man who will not defend said position.
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 344d
Also mod on the lemmy world news comm...🙃
null@lemmy.nullspace.lol · 2 pts · 349d
And?