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Israeli navy moves to intercept Gaza aid flotilla

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By Ruth Sherlock

Published October 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM EDT

The aid flotilla, which includes activist Greta Thunberg, was headed for Gaza to break Israel's blockade

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Ruth Sherlock

Ruth Sherlock is an International Correspondent with National Public Radio. She's based in Beirut and reports on Syria and other countries around the Middle East. She was previously the United States Editor for the Daily Telegraph, covering the 2016 US election. Before moving to the US in the spring of 2015, she was the Telegraph's Middle East correspondent.

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