Activists say Israeli troops have boarded aid ship

Activists accidental Israeli troops person boarded a yacht trying to bring humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip.

"Connection has been lost" connected the Madleen, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition run radical said connected the Telegram app.

It posted a photograph showing radical successful beingness jackets sitting with their hands up. The study could not beryllium independently verified.

Climate activistic Greta Thunberg is among those aboard the vessel, which is believed to beryllium disconnected the Egyptian coast.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz earlier ordered the subject to forestall the vessel from breaking the blockade of Gaza. Israel says the blockade is indispensable to forestall weapons from reaching Hamas.

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