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Israeli forces stopped 14 boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza, flotilla organizers said, but 23 boats are continuing to sail towards the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave, according to the flotilla's tracking system reut.rs/487C9bv

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A video from the Israeli foreign ministry verified by Reuters showed the most prominent of the flotilla's passengers, Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, sitting on a deck surrounded by soldiers

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The Global Sumud Flotilla is transporting medicine and food to Gaza and consists of more than 40 civilian boats with about 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists. Follow Reuters live coverage: reut.rs/4766Cpd

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In pictures: Israeli forces board flotilla vessels. All photos are screengrabs from livestream videos aboard the flotilla's various vessels, with images provided by the organizers

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Italian unions have called a general strike for October 2 in solidarity with the flotilla. Protests sprang up in a number of cities late on October 1 after reports that the ships had been intercepted by military personnel reut.rs/4gNI4oa

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Thirty-nine boats in the aid flotilla are now sailing to the Israeli port of Ashdod, and all people on board are safe, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said. That would represent the bulk of the ships in the flotilla that was bound for Gaza reut.rs/3WhCZem