Greta Thunberg is urgently amplifying a distress call from the Madleen, a civilian aid ship bound for Gaza. According to Thunberg, volunteers aboard were taken illegally against their will by Israeli forces.

The Defense Ministry announced that the flotilla was making its way to Israeli shores and that all passengers were expected to return to their home countries.

Gaza Freedom Flotilla claimed the Madleen ship was attacked by drones that sprayed the vessel with a “white paint-like substance."