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Full Article Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Israeli navy seizes Gaza-bound yacht 9:39am EDT Universal pulls plug on Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" 18 Jul 2011 Exclusive: Euro zone paper points to bank tax to fund 10:36am EDT BofA reports $8.8 billion net loss, worst ever 10:33am EDT Goldman profit misses badly, rattles Wall Street 10:24am EDT Discussed 101 Obama asks lawmakers to gauge support for debt deal 60 Fallback plan gains momentum in debt talks 60 Obama eyes more deficit talks with no deal in sight Watched Pakistan Taliban releases video of mass execution Mon, Jul 18 2011 Flying sphere goes where man fears to tread Thu, Jul 14 2011 Japan's winning team returns home 2:12am EDT Israeli navy seizes Gaza-bound yacht Tweet Share this Email Print Related News French yacht from grounded flotilla sails for Gaza Mon, Jul 18 2011 Israel suspends Arab lawmaker for joining Gaza flotilla Mon, Jul 18 2011 Israel FM says Turkey "shut door" on rapprochement Sun, Jul 10 2011 Israel to deport some 120 pro-Palestinian activists Sat, Jul 9 2011 Turkey insists on apology to normalize Israel ties Fri, Jul 8 2011 Analysis & Opinion On the Afghanistan-Pakistan border : cutting off the nose to spite the face Israeli military enlisting frontline rabbis, critic warns creating against “God’s army” Related Topics World » Israel » An Israeli naval vessel (front) patrols near the port of Ashdod July 19, 2011. Israeli naval vessels on Tuesday told a French yacht carrying pro-Palestinian activists intending to sail to Gaza, which is under an Israeli naval blockade, to leave the area, the military said. Credit: Reuters/Amir Cohen By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM | Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:39am EDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli navy Tuesday seized a French yacht carrying pro-Palestinian activists heading for the blockaded Gaza Strip and forced it to go to Israel's Ashdod port, a military spokeswoman said. "I can confirm that the yacht has been boarded and that everything went smoothly, there were no casualties," the spokeswoman said after marines boarded the "Dignite-Al-Karama" yacht in the eastern Mediterranean. Chief military spokesman Brigadier-General Yoav Mordechai said the passengers were transferred from the yacht to one of the warships sent to intercept it and were en route to Ashdod. The 17-passenger yacht had declared an Egyptian port as its destination when it left Greek waters Sunday, but sailed toward the Palestinian enclave, aiming to arrive Tuesday. It had planned to sail to Islamist Hamas-ruled Gaza as part of a flotilla carrying activists and aid, but other vessels were prevented from sailing after docking in Greece. Activists accused the Greek government of intervening on Israel's side. "In accordance with government directives, after all diplomatic channels had been exhausted and continuous calls to the vessel had been ignored, IDF (marines) boarded the Al-Karama in an effort to stop it from breaking the maritime security blockade on the Gaza Strip," a military statement said. Boarding was necessary because those on the yacht refused to obey instructions to go to Ashdod, the statement said. The passengers would be questioned by police and some may face deportation when they arrive a Ashdod, some 20 kms (12 miles) northeast of the Gaza Strip, it said. At least two of the passengers on board were of Israeli origin: one activist Dror Feiler, and Haaretz newspaper reporter Amira Hass. Hamas condemned the seizure with spokesman Ismail Rudwan describing it as "piracy, a war crime and a violation of the principles of human rights." Israel, whose marines killed nine Turkish activists when violence erupted as they stormed a Gaza-bound flotilla in the Mediterranean last year, had vowed to stop any new attempt to breach a naval blockade it deems necessary to prevent arms from reaching Gaza. Palestinians and their supporters consider the Gaza blockade illegal and say it stunts the economic development of the territory, most of whose 1.5 million residents rely on aid to survive. (Additional reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi in Gaza; Editing by Louise Ireland) World Israel Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (12) pinksalute wrote: Where is the aid ship to Syria? Libya? Darfur? Jul 19, 2011 8:47am EDT -- Report as abuse J_Ruben_Kincaid wrote: A Torpedo would have been more efficient. Jul 19, 2011 9:23am EDT -- Report as abuse sbenard wrote: The Israelis are far to kind! They should just sink the vessel! Let it rot at the bottom of the Mediterranean! If the occupants want to go to Gaza, let the swim for it! Then, let the owner try to persuade the insurance companies to pay up. They won’t do it! The owner ignored the risk! As long as Israel continues to show forbearance, it only encourages and empowers the idiocy of these lunatics! 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