Israeli forces board humanitarian flotilla boats more than 600 miles from Gaza

Israeli forces have intercepted at least 22 boats near the Greek island of Crete that were travelling with the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is attempting to breach the maritime blockade of Gaza. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1 About 58 vessels carrying activists from 70 countries departed from Italy on Sunday in what organisers described as the largest humanitarian flotilla yet to attempt to reach Gaza. Footage released by the flotilla organisers showed Israeli forces boarding one of the boats Israel intercepts and detains crews of Gaza aid flotilla near Crete ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/30/israel-intercepts-detains-crews-gaza-aid-flotillas-crete The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://support.theguardian.com/ Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► http://theguardian.com/first-edition Website ► https://www.theguardian.com Facebook ►https://www.facebook.com/theguardian Instagram ► https://instagram.com/guardian Bluesky ► https://bsky.app/profile/theguardian.com The Guardian on YouTube: The Guardian ► https://www.youtube.com/@theguardian Guardian Australia ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianaustralia Football Weekly podcast ► https://www.youtube.com/@footballweeklypodcast Guardian Football ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiansport It's Complicated ► https://www.youtube.com/@itscomplicated Guardian Live ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianlive #flotilla #israel #gaza