The flotilla, consisting of some 50 ships. was expected to enter the Israel-enforced interception zone around Gaza on Tuesday or Wednesday.
The “Global Sumud Flotilla,” which seeks to breach Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, reported on Tuesday morning that it was about 150 nautical miles (173 statute miles) from the territory.
“Today, we’re going to approach the 150 nautical mile zone, which is the zone after which Israel is known to start kidnapping people from boats,” Roos Ykema, a Dutch flotilla participant, said in a video posted to Instagram.
The anti-Israel activist urged her followers to “keep all eyes on us and on Gaza in the coming 48 hours, adding: “It’s about damn time to break the siege.”