Israeli forces intercept new Gaza-bound aid flotilla | International

JERUSALEM, Oct 8, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Israeli forces on Wednesday intercepted anew Gaza-bound aid flotilla, days after thwarting another maritime convoythat had tried to break an Israeli blockade on the war-battered Palestinianterritory. The Global Sumud Flotilla first reported that three of its vessels had been"attacked and illegally intercepted by the Israeli military" in the earlymorning, 220 kilometres (about 140 miles) off the coast of Gaza. It later said all nine of the flotilla's vessels had been intercepted,including the Conscience, adding it was carrying more than 90 journalists,doctors and activists. Israel has blocked several international aid flotillas in recent months fromreaching Gaza, where the UN says famine has set in after two years ofdevastating conflict. As the war drags on, solidarity...