Freedom Flotilla joint sports team said Friday that one of the vessels was bound to Gaza Stripcarrying aid and dozens of militants, were attacked by drones in international waters all night in Malta, causing serious ship damage. The group runs for Israel's lockdown The war-torn Palestinian Territory Trying to achieve this over the years with a ship carrying humanitarian aid, no casualties were reported, and Malta officials said a fire broke out on the ship.

Reuters reported that the fire had been extinguished, but the ship was still monitoring the authorities, the Malta government said in a statement.

The Free Fleet said in an earlier social media post that the ship's hull had been violated and that it was fetching water, prompting crew members to send out distress calls. The group said there were about 30 militants on the ship. The nighttime photos and videos shared by the group showed it talking about a fire towards the front of the ship.

The group did not immediately attribute the drone attack to any country or group, nor did it make a claim of responsibility.

There were Israeli troops before Arrived and caught the Freedom Fleet To prevent them from undermining Gaza’s blockade, it includes 2010 Raid Ship At least nine radicals died.

CBS News asked the IDF on Friday if it had conducted any operations involving the Free Fleet near Malta. IDF did not respond immediately.

Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian Territory, said in a social media post on Friday that she “has received a painful call from the people of the Free Fleet that brought basic food and medicine to the hungry Gaza population. Appropriate.”

Aid groups condemn Israel's lockdown since late March Strictly implement To prevent any commodity entering the Palestinian territory, including humanitarian supplies that workers say are desperately needed in the enclave. According to Hamas - Health officials on the operating territory, Gaza has destroyed most of its infrastructure in the war triggered by Hamas' terrorist attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Israeli officials said Hamas and allied groups killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel in the 2023 attack and brought 251 people back to Gaza.

Reuters reported that the Malta government said in its statement that all of these ships were "confirmed to be safe."

"There were 12 crew members and 4 civilian passengers on board; no casualties," the statement said. "The tug arrived at the scene and fire operations began. By 1:28 a.m. (Thursday 2328 GMT), the fire was reportedly under control. The armed forces of the Malta Patrol were also dispatched to provide further assistance."

"At 2:13 am, all crew members were confirmed to be safe but refused to board the tug... The ship is still outside the territory and is under surveillance by competent authorities."

It is unclear why radical groups reported that the ship was almost twice as many people as those on the Malta authorities.

The Free Fleet describes itself as “a solidarity movement composed of movements and initiatives around the world that have joined forces to end the illegal blockade of Gaza.”

In its targets for the rebellious navigation with Gaza, the group said its goal was to “condemn and publicize other governments and global actors’ accomplices in creating the lockdown, including “most notably the U.S. government,” which said it “has underwritten Israeli violence against the Palestinians for decades.”