Over 180 activists detained in Israeli attack on Gaza aid flotilla in international waters, organizer says

The Israeli army attacked a Gaza-bound aid flotilla and detained more than 180 activists in international waters, 500 nautical miles (926 kilometers) off the Palestinian enclave, the head of the International Committee to Break the Siege on Gaza, which organized the voyage, said Thursday. “The Global 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 occupied Palestinian territories and from the Gaza Strip,” Youssef Ajisa told Anadolu. He accused Israel of staging the raid at night “to cover up the media aspect of this brutal and barbaric act.” “More than 180 activists were […]