JERUSALEM
A Gaza-bound ship named "Estelle" was escorted to Ashdod port of Israel by Israeli navy on Saturday.
Israeli commandos took control of the ship off Gaza, and brought it to Ashdod port.
Israeli Defense Ministry stated that 30 people aboard the ship would be transferred to immigration office of Interior Ministry, and then deported from the country.
International pro-Palestinian activist ship was seized control on the Mediterranean high seas yesterday. "Estelle" was carrying 30 activists from Europe, Canada and Israel, humanitarian cargo, and goodwill items such as children's books.
"Six Israeli naval vessels stopped "Estelle" when it was about 30 nautical miles from Gaza. Masked soldiers boarded the ship and ordered it to sail to Israel's Ashdod port," said a spokeswoman for the activists.
The Swedish-owned "Estelle" left Naples, Italy, on October 7 with about 30 people from eight countries, including Israeli activists, lawmakers from Norway, Sweden, Greece and Spain.
