Zionist regime attacks Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla Coalition

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition said on Wednesday that its vessels came "under attack" by the Zionist regime military, with footage from the FFC showing members onboard the boat "Conscience" seated during boarding by the occupation forces, and video onboard the "Gaza Sunbird" showing a soldier smashing the CCTV camera with a gun.

“At roughly 120nm away from Gaza, Israel has attacked our flotilla,” the coalition said later on Instagram’s platform.

Most live streams have been disconnected, it added, highlighting that the Israeli military “is trying to divert their route.”

The FFC said that the ships carried medicines, respiratory equipment and supplies intended for hospitals in Gaza.

“The Israeli military has no legal jurisdiction over international waters. Our flotilla poses no harm,” added the coalition on Instagram.

The flotilla ships “carry vital aid worth over $110,000 USD in medicines, respiratory equipment, and nutritional supplies that were destined for Gaza’s starving hospitals. Tag your politicians and media – end Israel’s human rights abuses now,” it said.

The incident was the second such event in recent days, after Zionist regime intercepted about 40 vessels and detained more than 450 activists in an aid convoy, the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was also attempting to deliver supplies to Gaza.

Zionist regime has maintained a stringent siege on Gaza, home to nearly 2.4 million people, for nearly 18 years and further tightened the blockade in March, when it closed border crossings and blocked food and medicine deliveries, pushing the territory into famine.

Since October 2023, Israeli bombardments have claimed the lives of more than 67,000 Palestinians in the coastal strip, most of them women and children, and rendered it uninhabitable.