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Update: I will no longer be updating this thread. New Information will be coming soon undoubtedly.

(01:40 GMT) Israel does not have authority over Gaza waters

A video obtained by Al Jazeera shows a uniformed officer telling the people on board the Madleen there are other means for delivering aid, before the ship was intercepted. “If you wish to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, you’re able to do so through the port of Ashdod,” the uniformed officer says. “We have established channels and distribution centres.” However UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese told Al Jazeera this is not accurate. “Israel has no authority over Gaza. This is the thing. Israel needs to end the siege.” “The people of Gaza need to be helped.”

(01:23 GMT) Israeli MFA says Madleen being taken to Israel’s Ashdod port

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Israeli authorities intercepted the Madleen. “The “selfie yacht” of the “celebrities” is safely making its way to the shores of Israel,” the ministry said in a post on X. The post accused “Greta and others” of attempting “to stage a media provocation whose sole purpose was to gain publicity” claiming sufficient aid has reached Gaza in the past two weeks. However Israeli forces have repeatedly fired on Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza after allowing some food to return to the strip following its longest ever total blockade. Dozens of people have been killed while trying to reach aid distribution sites, including at least 13 Palestinians on Sunday alone.

(01:00 GMT) ‘If you see this video, we are being intercepted and kidnapped’

Greta Thunberg has shared a pre-recorded video appealing for international help. “My name is Greta Thunberg, and I am from Sweden,” Thunberg said in the video recorded on board the Madleen, before tonight’s events. “If you see this video, we are being intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel,” she said. “I urge all my friends, family and comrades to put pressure on the Swedish government to release me and the others as soon as possible.”

(00:50 GMT) Francesca Albanese says she lost contact with Madleen

As we’ve been reporting, the support crew for the Madleen say that communications on board the ship have been cut. UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese also says she has lost contact with the ship. “I heard the soldiers speaking while the captain was on the phone with me,” says Albanese. “I lost connection with the captain as he was telling me that ‘another boat is approaching’.”

(00:40 GMT) Madleen crew told to throw phones over board

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition has shared a video showing the crew in the moments before the ship was intercepted by Israeli forces. The crew sat wearing life vests, with their hands in the air and threw their phones in the water.

(00:25 GMT) Crew’s eyes were burning after white substance dropped on Madleen

Here’s more from Huwaida Arraf, the co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, which is supporting the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. “Just moments ago, communication seemed to be cut,” Arraf told Al Jazeera from Sicily. “So, we have lost all contact with our colleagues on the Madleen.” “Before that, we know that they had two drones hovering above them that dropped some kind of chemical on the vessel. We don’t know what that chemical was,” she said. “Some people reported that their eyes were burning. Before that, they were also approached by vessels in a very threatening manner.” So at least for the last hour, hour and a half, they have been threatened by Israeli forces.” “The last we saw, were able to hear from them, they were surrounded… by Israeli naval commandos and it looked like the commandos were about to take over the vessel.”

(00:21 GMT) Israeli forces intercept the Madleen, cut off comms

Contact has been lost with the Madleen after Israeli commandos intercepted it in international waters. They demanded that everyone on board turn off their phones, and we have lost contact with Al Jazeera Mubasher journalist Omar Faiad as well as our live feed. International Solidarity Movement co-founder, Huwaida Arraf, confirmed that they have also lost contact with the Madleen.

(00:12 GMT) Drones drop white paint on Madleen as comms jammed

The Gaza Freedom Flotilla says that quadcopters have surrounded the Madleen and are “spraying it with a white paint-like substance”. “Communications are jammed and disturbing sounds are being played over the radio,” the flotilla said in a post on Instagram.

(23:45 GMT) Two drones hovering over the Madleen

The crew on board the Madleen is now taking cover as two drones are hovering overhead, says UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese. “Two drones over the Madleen. They say they are quadcopters, the dangerous ones. TEAM IS TAKING COVER,” Albanese wrote on X.

(23:30 GMT) ‘Psychological warfare’ as two boats remain in front of Madleen

Speaking to Al Jazeera from on board the Madleen, Yasemin Acar, says that four vessels approached the ship and that two remain nearby. “We are very close to Gaza, approximately 100 miles away,” she said. “We sounded the alarm because we saw exactly four vessels approaching us all at the same time, two of which had blue lights,” she said. “We had many lights suddenly surrounding us, and the four vessels suddenly just stopped.” Acar added that two of the boats came as close as 200 meters from the Madleen before leaving, while the other two vessels remain nearby. “Two of them are still right in front of me, they just stopped,” she said. “We are reason to believe that this is psychological warfare.” “It’s just a way of intimidating us and a way to make us turn back and not tried to challenge the illegal blockade on Gaza.”

(23:15 GMT) Francesca Albanese says Madleen ‘calm and safe now’

The UN Special Rapporteur on the the Occupied Palestinian Territories has said “all looks calm and safe now,” after alarms earlier sounded on board the Madleen. “I just spoke again with the Flotilla, [including] its [Communication] Room in Catania”, Albanese said in a post on X. “All looks calm and safe now. Speedboats watching; but the flotilla continues its sailing.” “It will be a long night. And as they say and we say, ‘we are together’.”

(22:58 GMT) Freedom Flotilla Coalition says surrounding boats have left

In an audio message on the coalition’s Telegram, activist Thiago Avila has said the boats that surrounded the Madleen have now left. “This, unfortunately, has been a very unlikely false alarm. we have been surrounded by many lights all at once. And they were circling our boat, but in the end, they kept going their own way,” he said. “Could be IOF (Israel occupation forces) vessels, but in this case they just left and we don’t know,” he added. “We’re not sure.”

(22:40 GMT) ‘The IOF is here right now, please sound the alarm’

A video posted by Eye on Palestine shows Brazilian activist Thiago Avila wearing a life jacket. “The IOF is here right now, please sound the alarm. We are being surrounded by their boats,” he said in the video. “Yes this is an interception, a war crime is happening right now,” he said.

(22:35 GMT) UN rights expert says Israeli speedboats surrounding Madleen

In a post on X, Francesca Albanese said that she is in contact with the Madleen crew as they are now surrounded by Israeli vessels. “They have just been reached by the Israel speedboats – 5 vessels circling the flotilla,” Albanese said. “The captain is instructing the team to stay calm and seated, with their passports and life jackets on.” “I hear them speaking with Israeli soldiers as I type… telling they are carrying humanitarian aid and go in peace. For the time being they are just circled. I am with them, recording everything.”

(19:35 GMT) Israel planning to intercept Madleen tonight

The Israeli Haaretz newspaper has reported that Israel’s Navy is planning to intercept Madleen tonight, and will seek to do so as far from the coast of Gaza as possible. The newspaper framed the plan to intercept the Madleen deep in international waters as meant to avoid having to take the vessel by force, saying it will give the crew ample time to turn around. Madleen’s crew has said they remain resolute in breaking the Israeli blockade. Meanwhile, a senior Israeli official told Israel’s Channel 12 that the vessel will be boarded by commandos if it does not turn around and will be taken to Ashdod port.

(16:50 GMT) Thiago Avila, a Brazilian activist on board the Madleen vessel, tells Al Jazeera the boat is currently about 185km (100 nautical miles) off the coast of Gaza.

“We are here to support Gaza and demand an end to the bombing and starvation,” Avila said. “Despite threats, we will continue our journey. The world must stand with us.” He said drones are flying overhead and communication systems had been jammed. “We know Israeli forces are prepared to confront us with weapons, but we are not afraid,” he said. “What we face is nothing compared to what Palestinians in Gaza endure.”

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Murtaza Hussain, Waqas Ahmed, and Ryan Grim Jun 09, 2025

"A review of leaked data from Meta, provided to us by company whistleblowers, shows that Israeli companies since 2023 are finding it increasingly difficult everywhere around the world to attract new customers, leading to advertising-cost increases in the billions.

We also just posted the translated audio of an extraordinary interview just given by former Israeli PM Yair Lapid, who is often discussed as a more humane, centrist alternative to Benjamin Netanyahu. Give it a listen and see if you agree with that label."

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31421240

By YESICA FISCH and TIA GOLDENBERG Updated 11:14 AM EDT, June 9, 2025

"The activists had set out to protest Israel’s ongoing military campaign in the Gaza Strip, which is among the deadliest and most destructive since World War II, and its restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid, both of which have put the territory of around 2 million Palestinians at risk of famine."

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Jonah Valdez
June 5 2025, 6:00 a.m.

"In late May, UCSF terminated Rupa Marya following a nine-month suspension from the elite medical school based on social media posts in which she criticized Israel’s genocide in Gaza and questioned how Zionist ideology affects health care outcomes. As a part of her dismissal, UCSF officials will place a letter of censure in Marya’s file for 10 years, which she said will likely damage her ability to seek future employment and continue practicing medicine. "

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31416536

from The Forward [Jewish publication from USA]

By Arno Rosenfeld and Jacob Kornbluh June 6, 2025

[contains links to audio of his speech]

"“We are an apolitical, non-partisan organization, but you have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to see what’s happening on the left,” #Greenblatt said Friday, according to audio from the event obtained by the #Forward.

“There is a throughline from Occupy Wall Street to BLM to ‘defund the police’ to ‘River to the Sea,’” he added, referring to the Black Lives Matter movement launched a decade ago to protest police violence. “They are the same people, these are the same kind of nihilists.”"

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Protest für Palästina-Hilfsschiff: „Free Gaza, free Yasemin“ | taz.de (2025-06-09)

https://taz.de/Protest-fuer-Palaestina-Hilfsschiff/!6089979/
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>> Vor dem Roten Rathaus fordert eine Demo Unterstützung für die Be­sat­zung des Gaza-Hilfsschiffs „#Madleen“ – und ein Ende deutscher Waffenlieferungen.

>> Gekommen sind die, die stets zu Palästina-Protesten kommen: Junge Menschen in Kufijas, ein paar Ak­ti­vis­t:in­nen kommunistischer Parteien, ältere Frauen mit Kopftuch, die die erste Reihe bilden...

>> Das Bündnis fordert vom Auswärtige Amt, sich für die Freilassung der deutschen Staatsbürgerin Yasemin Acar einzusetzen...

>> Unterstützung erhalten die Protestierenden vom Linken-Bundestagsabgeordneten Ferat Koçak. ... „Doch wie viele andere kann ich die Notfallhotline des Auswärtigen Amts gerade nicht erreichen“, so Koçak.

#Berlin #BreakTheSiege
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Journalist MosabAbuToha shares a witness account of an attack near a Rafah GHF site this morning:

  • Around 3AM, gunmen speaking fluent Palestinian dialect gathered crowds, pretending to manage aid lines.

  • At 7AM, they opened fire — shooting some people in the head — before fleeing toward Rafah, where Israeli forces are stationed.

Link to Mohsen's full interview

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Güter für Gazastreifen: Hunderte demonstrieren in Berlin gegen israelische Blockade von Hilfsschiff "Madleen" | rbb24 (2025-06-09)

https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2025/06/berlin-demonstration-israel-gaza-blockade-schiff-madleen-thunberg.html
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>> Mehrere hundert Menschen haben am Berliner Alexanderplatz gegen den Stopp eines Aktivisten-Schiffs mit Hilfsgütern für die Menschen im Gazastreifen demonstriert. An der Kundgebung unter dem Titel "Stoppt den Angriff auf die '#Madleen'" nahm nach Polizeiangaben vom Montag "eine Personenzahl im mittleren dreistelligen Bereich" teil...

#Berlin #BreakTheSiege
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31397537

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the Madleen’s crew is being taken to Israel after Israeli commandos seized the vessel in international waters. The Madleen ship, launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was close to 100 miles [160km] from Gaza when it was stopped. The ship was carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians starving because of Israel’s siege. Israel’s most recent total blockade began on March 2, and has only partially lifted under mounting international pressure.

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From their Telegram Channel: Connection has been lost on the Madleen. Israeli army have boarded the vessel on International waters.

#FreedomFlotilla

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Israeli Military Attacks [intercepts] Madleen in International Waters — Weeks After Bombing of Conscience - Freedom Flotilla (Freedom Flotilla Coalition, 2025-6-09)

https://freedomflotilla.org/2025/06/09/israeli-military-attacks-madleen-in-international-waters-weeks-after-bombing-of-conscience/
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>> …#Madleen, carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, has been attacked/forcibly intercepted by the Israeli military at 3:02 am CET in international waters at 31.95236° N, 32.38880° E. The ship was unlawfully boarded, its unarmed civilian crew abducted, and its life-saving cargo … confiscated.

>> “Israel has no legal authority to detain international volunteers aboard the Madleen … These volunteers are not subject to Israeli jurisdiction and cannot be criminalized for delivering aid or challenging an illegal blockade—their detention is arbitrary, unlawful, and must end immediately.”

>> “The world’s governments remained silent when Conscience was bombed. Now Israel is testing that silence again,” said , Tan Safi another Freedom Flotilla organizer…

#FreedomFlotilla
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IDF is attacking a civilian ship carrying humanitarian aid on International waters.

#FreedomFlotilla

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À 1h40, heure de Paris, des drones (probablement israéliens) crachent un liquide blanc sur les bateaux de la Freedom Flotilla...

At 1.40am Paris time, drones (probably Israeli) sprayed a white liquid at the Freedom Flotilla boats...

#FreedomFlotilla

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BREAKING FROM THE MADLEEN‼‼‼‼
‼️🚨 Alarm has been sounded on the Madleen. Life jackets are on preparing for interception.
#Madleen
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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5182073

The Israeli military is arming gangs to combat Hamas in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Thursday. The revelation comes to light after right-wing Israeli lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman accused Netanyahu on Israeli public broadcaster Kan yesterday of arming a gang of hundreds of men in Rafah as a counterweight to Hamas influence in the Strip. The Prime Minister’s office responded by saying that it was combating the Palestinian resistance group “in various ways, on the recommendation of all heads of the security establishment.”

Later, Netanyahu officially confirmed the reports in a video posted on X. “On the advice of security officials, we activated clans in Gaza that oppose Hamas,” the Israeli Prime Minister said. “What’s wrong with that? It only saves the lives of Israeli soldiers.”

Among these groups is an armed gang led by a man named Yasser Abu Shabab, a thief and drug trafficker from Rafah who led groups of hundreds of armed men in looting aid convoys during the latter half of 2024. Descended from the influential Bedouin Tarabin clan, which spans southern Gaza, the Sinai, and the Naqab Desert, Abu Shabab has been described by Israeli media outlets as “linked to ISIS,” likely due to Abu Shabab’s involvement in drug trafficking networks between Gaza and the Sinai in which ISIS has been implicated.

This policy comes in the wake of a systematic Israeli campaign of assassinating the Hamas government’s civil servants to cause social collapse in Gaza and foment chaos and lawlessness in the Strip. The Israeli army has been deliberately targeting Interior Ministry bureaucrats, the police force, and the security services to create a vacuum that is then filled by armed looters like Abu Shabab’s group, as recently reported by Mondoweiss.

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Rassemblement en cours Place de la République à #Paris à l'appel de Rima Hassan suite à l'assaut de la Freedom Flotilla par l'armée israélienne

Via @/MarionLpz sur X

@freedomflotilla.bsky.social

#France #Manifestation
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Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced that its fighters killed two 'Israeli' soldiers at point-blank range last Tuesday on Al-Nazzaz Street, east of the Shuja'iya neighborhood in Gaza City.

The group said the soldiers were targeted after returning from the front lines.

In a separate development, Al-Qassam stated that on Saturday, its fighters struck an 'Israeli' D9 military bulldozer with a “Yassin 105” shell near the Yarmouk site in the Al-Manara neighborhood, south of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

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Des rassemblements en soutien à la Freedom Flotilla s'organisent :
- maintenant Place de la République à Paris
- ce lundi à 18h Place de la République à #Paris
- ce lundi à 18h30 au Vieux-Port de #Marseille

#France #Frpol

#FreedomFlotilla

#palestine #Politics #ShipToGaza #Activism #Israel #Gaza

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