The Israeli military on Saturday night raided and seized a Gaza-bound ship carrying international activists onboard, reports Al Jazeera.
The Handala vessel carrying 19 activists was set to deliver baby formula, food and medical supplies to Gaza.
The organiser of the aid ship, Freedom Flotilla Coalition, said the vessel was violently seized in international waters, outside Palestinian territorial waters off Gaza, in violation of international maritime law.
"The unarmed boat was carrying life-saving supplies when it was boarded by Israeli forces, its passengers abducted, and its cargo seized," the coalition said in a statement.
It is not clear what will happen to the advocates. Last month, Israel intercepted the Madleen aid ship and towed it to an Israeli boat before detaining the activists, and then interrogating and deporting them.
Ann Wright, a member of the Freedom Flotilla Steering Committee, called for the protection of international activists by their home countries.
"Protect innocent international people who are merely accompanying a small amount of aid–medical and food–as a symbol of the international outrage at what Israel is doing," Wright told Al Jazeera.
The Gaza Government Media Office called the interception of Handala a crime of piracy.
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