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(01:40 GMT) Israel does not have authority over Gaza waters

A video obtained by Al Jazeera shows a uniformed officer telling the people on board the Madleen there are other means for delivering aid, before the ship was intercepted. “If you wish to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, you’re able to do so through the port of Ashdod,” the uniformed officer says. “We have established channels and distribution centres.” However UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese told Al Jazeera this is not accurate. “Israel has no authority over Gaza. This is the thing. Israel needs to end the siege.” “The people of Gaza need to be helped.”

(01:23 GMT) Israeli MFA says Madleen being taken to Israel’s Ashdod port

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Israeli authorities intercepted the Madleen. “The “selfie yacht” of the “celebrities” is safely making its way to the shores of Israel,” the ministry said in a post on X. The post accused “Greta and others” of attempting “to stage a media provocation whose sole purpose was to gain publicity” claiming sufficient aid has reached Gaza in the past two weeks. However Israeli forces have repeatedly fired on Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza after allowing some food to return to the strip following its longest ever total blockade. Dozens of people have been killed while trying to reach aid distribution sites, including at least 13 Palestinians on Sunday alone.

(01:00 GMT) ‘If you see this video, we are being intercepted and kidnapped’

Greta Thunberg has shared a pre-recorded video appealing for international help. “My name is Greta Thunberg, and I am from Sweden,” Thunberg said in the video recorded on board the Madleen, before tonight’s events. “If you see this video, we are being intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel,” she said. “I urge all my friends, family and comrades to put pressure on the Swedish government to release me and the others as soon as possible.”

(00:50 GMT) Francesca Albanese says she lost contact with Madleen

As we’ve been reporting, the support crew for the Madleen say that communications on board the ship have been cut. UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese also says she has lost contact with the ship. “I heard the soldiers speaking while the captain was on the phone with me,” says Albanese. “I lost connection with the captain as he was telling me that ‘another boat is approaching’.”

(00:40 GMT) Madleen crew told to throw phones over board

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition has shared a video showing the crew in the moments before the ship was intercepted by Israeli forces. The crew sat wearing life vests, with their hands in the air and threw their phones in the water.

(00:25 GMT) Crew’s eyes were burning after white substance dropped on Madleen

Here’s more from Huwaida Arraf, the co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, which is supporting the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. “Just moments ago, communication seemed to be cut,” Arraf told Al Jazeera from Sicily. “So, we have lost all contact with our colleagues on the Madleen.” “Before that, we know that they had two drones hovering above them that dropped some kind of chemical on the vessel. We don’t know what that chemical was,” she said. “Some people reported that their eyes were burning. Before that, they were also approached by vessels in a very threatening manner.” So at least for the last hour, hour and a half, they have been threatened by Israeli forces.” “The last we saw, were able to hear from them, they were surrounded… by Israeli naval commandos and it looked like the commandos were about to take over the vessel.”

(00:21 GMT) Israeli forces intercept the Madleen, cut off comms

Contact has been lost with the Madleen after Israeli commandos intercepted it in international waters. They demanded that everyone on board turn off their phones, and we have lost contact with Al Jazeera Mubasher journalist Omar Faiad as well as our live feed. International Solidarity Movement co-founder, Huwaida Arraf, confirmed that they have also lost contact with the Madleen.

(00:12 GMT) Drones drop white paint on Madleen as comms jammed

The Gaza Freedom Flotilla says that quadcopters have surrounded the Madleen and are “spraying it with a white paint-like substance”. “Communications are jammed and disturbing sounds are being played over the radio,” the flotilla said in a post on Instagram.

(23:45 GMT) Two drones hovering over the Madleen

The crew on board the Madleen is now taking cover as two drones are hovering overhead, says UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese. “Two drones over the Madleen. They say they are quadcopters, the dangerous ones. TEAM IS TAKING COVER,” Albanese wrote on X.

(23:30 GMT) ‘Psychological warfare’ as two boats remain in front of Madleen

Speaking to Al Jazeera from on board the Madleen, Yasemin Acar, says that four vessels approached the ship and that two remain nearby. “We are very close to Gaza, approximately 100 miles away,” she said. “We sounded the alarm because we saw exactly four vessels approaching us all at the same time, two of which had blue lights,” she said. “We had many lights suddenly surrounding us, and the four vessels suddenly just stopped.” Acar added that two of the boats came as close as 200 meters from the Madleen before leaving, while the other two vessels remain nearby. “Two of them are still right in front of me, they just stopped,” she said. “We are reason to believe that this is psychological warfare.” “It’s just a way of intimidating us and a way to make us turn back and not tried to challenge the illegal blockade on Gaza.”

(23:15 GMT) Francesca Albanese says Madleen ‘calm and safe now’

The UN Special Rapporteur on the the Occupied Palestinian Territories has said “all looks calm and safe now,” after alarms earlier sounded on board the Madleen. “I just spoke again with the Flotilla, [including] its [Communication] Room in Catania”, Albanese said in a post on X. “All looks calm and safe now. Speedboats watching; but the flotilla continues its sailing.” “It will be a long night. And as they say and we say, ‘we are together’.”

(22:58 GMT) Freedom Flotilla Coalition says surrounding boats have left

In an audio message on the coalition’s Telegram, activist Thiago Avila has said the boats that surrounded the Madleen have now left. “This, unfortunately, has been a very unlikely false alarm. we have been surrounded by many lights all at once. And they were circling our boat, but in the end, they kept going their own way,” he said. “Could be IOF (Israel occupation forces) vessels, but in this case they just left and we don’t know,” he added. “We’re not sure.”

(22:40 GMT) ‘The IOF is here right now, please sound the alarm’

A video posted by Eye on Palestine shows Brazilian activist Thiago Avila wearing a life jacket. “The IOF is here right now, please sound the alarm. We are being surrounded by their boats,” he said in the video. “Yes this is an interception, a war crime is happening right now,” he said.

(22:35 GMT) UN rights expert says Israeli speedboats surrounding Madleen

In a post on X, Francesca Albanese said that she is in contact with the Madleen crew as they are now surrounded by Israeli vessels. “They have just been reached by the Israel speedboats – 5 vessels circling the flotilla,” Albanese said. “The captain is instructing the team to stay calm and seated, with their passports and life jackets on.” “I hear them speaking with Israeli soldiers as I type… telling they are carrying humanitarian aid and go in peace. For the time being they are just circled. I am with them, recording everything.”

(19:35 GMT) Israel planning to intercept Madleen tonight

The Israeli Haaretz newspaper has reported that Israel’s Navy is planning to intercept Madleen tonight, and will seek to do so as far from the coast of Gaza as possible. The newspaper framed the plan to intercept the Madleen deep in international waters as meant to avoid having to take the vessel by force, saying it will give the crew ample time to turn around. Madleen’s crew has said they remain resolute in breaking the Israeli blockade. Meanwhile, a senior Israeli official told Israel’s Channel 12 that the vessel will be boarded by commandos if it does not turn around and will be taken to Ashdod port.

(16:50 GMT) Thiago Avila, a Brazilian activist on board the Madleen vessel, tells Al Jazeera the boat is currently about 185km (100 nautical miles) off the coast of Gaza.

“We are here to support Gaza and demand an end to the bombing and starvation,” Avila said. “Despite threats, we will continue our journey. The world must stand with us.” He said drones are flying overhead and communication systems had been jammed. “We know Israeli forces are prepared to confront us with weapons, but we are not afraid,” he said. “What we face is nothing compared to what Palestinians in Gaza endure.”

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10:45pm CET: Air raid sirens are sounding in Iran's capital Tehran.

Al Mayadeen reports that clashes between Iranian air defenses and Israeli aircraft are still ongoing at this moment

#Iran #Israel #Tehran #IranUnderAttack
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel @iran

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A federal judge ruled this week that the government cannot hold the Columbia University graduate under the rarely invoked law it used to detain him.

By Jonah E. Bromwich
June 13, 2025, 11:04 a.m. ET

https://archive.ph/o4Lvd

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Japan vows to work with G7 partners to ease Middle East tensions (Al Jazeera, 2025-06-13, 15:50 GMT)

https://aje.io/auoxkc?update=3772588
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>> Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has condemned the attack on Iranian nuclear and military sites, and promised to work with other G7 members to ease tensions in the Middle East.

>> Ishiba was quoted as saying by the local media that Israel’s move was “totally intolerable” and “extremely regrettable,” adding, “any actions that could further escalate the situation must be refrained from”...

Oh, wow... 😮 “TOTALLY INTOLERABLE” !!

#Japan #StopIsrael
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The wife and son of Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, the president of Azad University in Tehran and one of Iran's prominent nuclear scientist, were murdered alongside the him by the Israeli terrorist attack against their home in Tehran earlier today.

#Israel #Iran #Terrorism
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Iran requests emergency meeting of UNSC (Al Jazeera, 2025-06-13, 10:20 GMT)

https://aje.io/auoxkc?update=3772087
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>> Amir Saeed Iravani, Iran’s permanent representative to the #UN, made a written request for an emergency meeting of the council, calling for it to take “decisive action… against these criminal acts”, Iran’s Tasnim state news agency reported.

>> “In a reckless, illegal and premeditated act, the Zionist regime has carried out a series of coordinated military attacks against the nuclear facilities and civilian infrastructure of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which are considered a clear violation of the UN Charter and the fundamental principles of international law, ...” the letter said.

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Al Jazeera quoted Israeli media:

🔹 #Mossad had established a drone base on Iranian soil, which it used in today's attack.

#Iran #Israel #Terrorism
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel @iran

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PS: THIS IS NOT TRUE

I am sorry, but the image is from Iran's petrochemical plant fire a few years ago, there are no report of ID attacks against Abadan right now.

Abadan oil refinery, one of the largest refineries in Iran was attacked by Israeli forces today.

This is not a military target. It's a clear indication that Netanyahu is trying to cripple Iran's economy and bot just it's nuclear plants.

#Iran #Israel #IranUnderAttack #StopIsrael

@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel @iran

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IDF boosting troops, raising alert level along borders and in West Bank | The Times of Israel (2025-06-13)

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog/_entry/idf-boosting-troops-raising-alert-level-along-borders-and-in-west-bank/
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>> Amid the Israeli airstrikes on Iran, the IDF … is raising its level of alert along Israel’s borders and in the West Bank, the military says.

>> In the West Bank, all Palestinian towns are under #lockdown until further notice.
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There is another report from Israel Hayom saying #WestBank “completely sealed off”…
cf. https://norden.social/@stephie/_hamburg/114674898902293375

#StopIsrael #EndOccupation
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The Israeli occupation army spokesperson:
- We killed the heads of the Iranian security system
- We targeted the Iranian defense system
- The army is still attacking on Iranian territory
- 200 fighter jets participated in the attack on Iran
- Our pilots are attacking and continue to attack Iranian nuclear facilities
- Iran was close to obtaining nuclear weapons and the goal of our operation is to eliminate the threat
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel
@iran

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New legislation in Florida introduces a financial model that would enable local governments around the country to invest virtually limitless sums in the Israeli war effort, despite the mounting financial risk of doing so.

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The #UK is 'currently' hosting & training Israeli terrists from the Iraeli Diaper Farce despite genocide allegations, a Labour minister has admitted....
#LikudLabour #Shameless #WarCrime
#LabourFriendsOfGenocide
#KidStarver #Gaza #Genocide #Israel #IDF

@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

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#Israel Avichay Adraee announces that the strikes against the #Iran resulted in the elimination of three senior leaders of the Iranian military and security establishment, foremost among them:

• Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces

• Hossein Salami, Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard

• Gholam Ali Rashid, Commander of the Iranian Khatam al-Anbiya Command

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Gaza’s Hamas-run police force said Thursday that it killed 12 members of the Israeli-backed Abu Shabab militia in Gaza, which said its fighters had killed five Hamas operatives but made no mention of its own casualties.

According to Hamas, the Abu Shabab gunmen were killed early Wednesday by the Gaza police’s Sahm unit, which Hamas says was established to combat looting. The unit released video footage showing several dead men lying in the street, saying they were Abu Shabab fighters who had been detained and killed for collaborating with Israel. It was not possible to verify the images or the claims around them.

Abu Shabab has been operating in an Israeli-controlled area of southern Gaza’s Rafah. Israel confirmed last week that it was arming the militia to bolster opposition to Hamas.

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Gaza (Quds News Network)- The Gaza Strip has plunged into a complete internet and communication blackout after Israeli attacks severed the last remaining fiber-optic line, the Palestinian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority announced on Thursday.

The authority confirmed that fixed-line internet and telecommunication services are now entirely cut off across Gaza, including the central and southern regions, which have now joined the digital silence already imposed on Gaza City and the north for the past two days.

“This is the result of systematic attacks on Gaza’s already fragile telecom infrastructure,” the authority said in a statement. Technicians have tried multiple times to repair and reroute damaged lines, but Israeli restrictions have blocked all efforts.

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"Dear Tereza,

I’m sorry for not being around these past days, but Daddy was trying to bring food to other children as beautiful as you. Unfortunately, they are starving because some people don’t understand that every human being has the right to freedom.

Your father is one of the millions of people doing something to end the greatest violation of rights of our generation.

I truly hope to come home soon. I think of you and your mother every day. And that is why I cannot accept that the world we live in has so much exploitation, oppression, and destruction.

Do not be afraid for your father. I am okay and hopeful."

Original, untranslated text and video is available here https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/cidades-df/2025/06/7171140-direto-da-prisao-em-israel-thiago-avila-envia-carta-a-filha.html

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