The Global Sumud Flotilla, a convoy of more than 40 boats carrying around 500 activists, had set sail across the Mediterranean with food and medical supplies. The Foreign Ministry said the passengers were "safe and in good health" and would be deported to Europe. "None of the Hamas-Sumud provocation yachts has succeeded in its attempt to enter an active combat zone or breach the lawful naval blockade," the ministry posted on X. Turkey's Foreign Ministry labeled the operation "an act of terror," while prosecutors in Istanbul launched an investigation into the detention of 24 Turkish citizens. Earlier flotillas have failed to breach the blockade, including the deadly 2010 raid that killed 10 activists.