Occupied Jerusalem, SANA-Israeli occupation forces seized the aid ship Handala late Saturday as it made its way toward the Gaza Strip in an effort to break the ongoing Israeli blockade.

The Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported that the occupation forces stormed the ship, which was carrying international activists, while it was nearly a hundred miles away from Gaza’s shores noting that the ship had issued a distress call after Israeli naval forces approached it.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition said that the Israeli army attacked the ship while it was in international waters.

Israeli media reported that the ship “Handala” will be towed to the port of Ashdod, and the pro-Palestinian activists on board will be arrested and deported.

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