Gaza flotilla organisers say 211 activists 'kidnapped' by Israel

Organisers of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla on Thursday said Israel’s army had “kidnapped” 211 activists, including a Paris city councillor, in a raid in international waters off Greece. Helene Coron, a spokeswoman for the French contingent of Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), told an online news conference that the operation had taken place near the Greek island of Crete, at an “unprecedented” distance from the Gaza coast. Yasmine Scola, an activist on board the flotilla, said her colleagues had been “k...