The ships they're firing upon are passing through in accordance with maritime and international law. Their justification is that the ships are Israeli affiliated, but those ships are still sailing in recognized international waters.
feannag
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You can't just "announce" a blockade and make it your territorial waters. You can absolutely create a blockade if you choose to, but it is a recognized act of war. There's a separate conversation to whether that is a just action or not, tied in with the war in Israel/Palestine. But that doesn't change the fact that a blockade in itself is an act of war.