Intercepted by the Israeli navy on Friday, two ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists on their way to the Gaza Strip in defiance of a new Israeli blockade of Gaza which is controlled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).
The Israeli army said in a statement that Canadian ships will be transferred "liberation" and Irish "Severus," the two carrying 27 people to the Israeli port of Ashdod.
The statement said "the conduct of soldiers, the Israeli Navy as planned and have taken all necessary precautions to ensure the safety of activists on board the ships, in addition to the safety of themselves," said a military source said no one was hurt in the process.
The Israeli special forces in May 2010 to ascend the Turkish aid ship "Mavi Marmara" for failing to breach the naval blockade on the Gaza Strip and Palestinian militants killed nine Turks said that some of them were carrying sticks and knives.
Israel has rejected Ankara's request for an apology over the incident. And expelled the Israeli ambassador to Turkey two months ago.
And sailed ships, carrying a small amount of medical aid from Turkey on Wednesday.
The Israeli army said that the ships were in international waters when they were intercepted at a distance of between 40 and 60 miles from the coast.
Organisers said that the ships carrying activists from Australia, Canada, Ireland and the United States, and the Palestinians, including Israeli Arab citizens and at least one.
The Israeli military officials said that two ships had continued towards Gaza Abharhma Mottagahlten alerts to stay away or unloading in Israel or Egypt.
Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza since the Islamist Hamas movement seized power in Gaza in 2007 and says the blockade is essential to prevent the smuggling of weapons to militants there.
According to a UN report on Israel's objection to the ship the Turkish siege in 2010 that "a security project," adding that "the implementation of consistent and international law." Turkey has rejected that provision.
And critical of pro-Palestinian groups that stand behind the convoy, the blockade, calling it illegal and inhumane.
Paul Murphy wrote and Socialist Member of the European Parliament is one of the activists, one of the ships on his blog earlier said that the convoy "in response to calls from people in Gaza to try to break the blockade, which languished under it."
The Israeli authorities said the ships would submit to security checks upon arrival at the port of Ashdod.
It was activists who will be questioned on board the two vessels and then transferred to the prison service, which includes facilities for the wait while booking airline tickets for them to return to their country.
She said that they have the right to take legal action before a court before being deported.
And Israel allows humanitarian aid, food and some other supplies into Gaza through the crossings wild monitored closely. And the Gaza Strip also has a border with Egypt through which the transfer of goods.
He praised Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas in Gaza, trying to breach the blockade and Abran appreciation for the activists who came in solidarity with the Palestinians, stressing that their goal is achieved either arrived or not, by exposing the actions of the occupation.
Turkey has threatened to provide the protection of naval vessels to aid in the future in the wake of an accident board the Turkish ship in 2010, but Ankara was calm to a large extent on the latest attempt to break the siege on Gaza.
Participated some activists who fired on their convoy called "waves of freedom" in an attempt by sea to breach the blockade of Gaza in June, which was prevented from sailing from Greece.
The agency published together Palestinian video shows the process of the objection.
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