ASHDOD , Israel, June 29 (UPI) -- A ship attempting to arrive in Gaza to protest the naval blockade was intercepted without incident Monday by the Israeli Navy.
The ship Marianne av Goteburg, accompanied by three other vessels, was intercepted in international waters and was escorted to the Israeli port of Ashdod before it could arrive in Gaza. Aboard were 18 pro-Palestinian activists protesting Israeli restrictions on movements of people and materials in and out of Gaza by sea; they included former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki and Spanish European Parliament member Ana Miranda Paz.