Italy deploys frigate after drone 'attack' on Gaza aid flotilla | International

ROME, Sept 24, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Italy's Defence Minister Guido Crosettosent a navy frigate Wednesday to assist a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, afterorganisers said several of their boats had been targeted by drones offGreece. The Global Sumud Flotilla said more than a dozen explosions were heard aroundthe flotilla late Tuesday, with damage caused by "unidentified objects"dropped on deck. Crosetto said he "authorised the immediate intervention of the Italian Navy'smulti-purpose frigate Fasan, which was sailing north of Crete as part ofOperation Safe Sea". "The vessel is already en route to the area for possible rescue operations",he said in a statement posted on X. The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) set sail from Barcelona this month with theaim of breaking the Israeli blockade of...