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detained about 175 activists from more than 20 boats. Flotilla organisers said Israeli forces smashed engines and destroyed navigation equipment, leaving vessels stranded in the path of an approaching storm. Israel said the operation
aid worker Zomi Frankcom](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/11/isaac-herzog-australia-zomi-frankcom-death-albanese-meeting-ntwnfb) and the [destruction of Australian war graves](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/12/anthony-albanese-isaac-herzog-bulldozed-australian-war-graves-gaza). “We’ve tolerated this for too long,” Husic told Guardian Australia. “We’ve issued statements, and they
aid vessels are trying to reach the Palestinian territory “in support of Hamas”. The sanctions on Tuesday come as the Israeli military continues to intercept [the latest fleet](/news/2026/5/19/gaza-aid-flotilla-organisers-say-41-boats-intercepted-10-still-sailing) of Gaza-bound ships. While
aid flotilla bound for Gaza have begun a hunger strike, organisers say, after Israeli forces [intercepted the last remaining vessel](/news/2026/5/19/gaza-aid-flotilla-organisers-say-41-boats-intercepted-10-still-sailing) in international waters. The group is striking “in protest of their illegal abduction
aid flotilla](/news/2026/5/19/gaza-aid-flotilla-organisers-say-41-boats-intercepted-10-still-sailing#:~:text=Foreign%20ministers%20of%2010%20countries,blatant%20violation%20of%20international%20law.&text=The%20last%20vessel%20of%20an,forces%2C%20according%20to%20the%20organisers.) earlier this week, according to the Legal Center
aid flotilla](/news/2026/5/21/israel-begins-deporting-gaza-aid-flotilla-activists-amid-global-outcry) bound for Gaza. But in a [news release](https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/readouts/2026/05/25/prime-minister-carney-speaks-president-israel-isaac-herzog) on Monday, he declined to announce any new forms of pressure on Israel’s government. The statement contained a read
aid and activists. In 2008, two boats from the Free Gaza Movement became the first to successfully reach Gaza by sea despite the blockade. But since 2010, Israeli forces have intercepted nearly every flotilla