The Defense Ministry announced that the flotilla was making its way to Israeli shores and that all passengers were expected to return to their home countries.

LONDON -- The Israeli Foreign Ministry said early Monday that Israeli forces had boarded and diverted a privately owned ship carrying Swedish human rights activist Greta Thunberg and several others, who said they were attempting to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

The Mavi Mamara mission in May 2010 attempted to break Israel's blockade of Gaza. It was boarded by Israeli soldiers and 10 crew members died in the attack

The aid ship Madleem, loaded with vital humanitarian supplies for Gaza, reached Israel’s port of Ashdod on Monday evening under military escort, an Anadolu correspondent reported. Israeli forces ...