JAKARTA - The sister of the President of Ireland Catherine Connolly is reported to be one of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) activists to the Gaza Strip who was arrested by the Israeli Zionist forces.
The Irish Independent reported that according to activists, Margaret Connolly was one of six Irish citizens in the Israeli-hijacked flotilla.
According to Global Sumud Flotilla, 10 of the total 60 ships that were part of the Gaza humanitarian shipping convoy were intercepted and seized by Zionist forces in international waters on Monday.
They said the interception took place about 70 nautical miles off the coast of Cyprus, with six of the 15 Irish participants caught.
The coalition then released a video of Connolly and five other activists recorded before the interception.
"If you are watching this video, it means that I have been kidnapped from my ship by Israeli occupation forces, and I am currently being illegally detained in an Israeli prison," the president's brother said in the video.
"I am very proud to participate in this flotilla, which is the largest to date," he said.
The Zionist forces on Monday attacked and intercepted a GSF humanitarian convoy in international waters and arrested about 100 activists who attempted to break through the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The flotilla, which consisted of more than 50 ships, set sail on Thursday from the Turkish region of Marmaris in their latest attempt to break Israel's blockade of Gaza since 2007.
The organizers of the movement said that this time the mission was followed by 426 people, including 96 activists from Turkey and hundreds of people from 39 other countries, including Germany, the United States, Indonesia, Argentina, and Australia.
Then Bahrain, Brazil, Algeria, Morocco, France, South Africa, England, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, Oman, and New Zealand.
The Israeli forces previously launched an attack on the GSF humanitarian aid convoy on the coast of Crete Island, Greece, on April 29.
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