The IDF detained Swedish Samaritan Greta Thunberg and other volunteers aboard a fleet of Gaza-bound aid ships, sparking global outcry. Two NATO ships had been protecting the flotilla from IDF drone attacks. The flotilla was trying to break Israel's 18-year blockade of Gaza and get aid into the war-ravaged enclave. 29 GSF boats were still sailing and were about 46 nautical miles from Gaza, while 15 boats had been intercepted. Flotilla organizers labeled Israel's interception of the ships "an illegal attack" on humanitarians, while Israel bleated the Samaritans were "not interested in aid, but in provocation." Angry people gathered in Italy, Turkiye, Greece, Tunisia, and Argentina to denounce the immoral act of piracy. Rome and Paris warned Israel to protect their detained citizens from harm. Colombia cancelled its free trade agreement with Israel and began expelling their entire delegation. Turkiye called the interception an "act of terrorism."
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