BREAKING: Kate Garraway CAUSES PANIC on GMB by INTERRUPTING Live Broadcast to ANNOUNCE Shocking Breaking News

Kate Garraway delivered some breaking news on GMB (Image: ITV)

Thursday’s instalment of Good Morning Britain was halted for a breaking announcement delivered by host Kate Garraway as a flotilla attempting to deliver aid to Gaza had been intercepted by the Israeli military. Members of the IDF were on a number of boats overnight – including one carrying human rights activist Greta Thunberg. Israel’s foreign ministry has stated that Greta and others detained were “safe and healthy”.

Garraway began: “The Israeli military has intercepted a flotilla attempting to deliver aid to Gaza. Members of the IDF boarded a number of ships overnight, including one carrying the activist Greta Thunberg.

Greta Thunberg was on one of the boats (Image: Getty)

A spokesperson for the flotilla says 13 boats have been intercepted, accusing Israel of carrying out illegal attacks on unarmed humanitarian ships.

“Israel’s Foreign Minister has responded by saying that Greta and her friends are safe and healthy and that passengers have been taken to an Israeli port.”

She continued by saying around 30 boats are still sailing and showed a graphic which revealed a number of boats making their way across the Mediterranean in their attempt to breach that Israeli blockade and reach Gaza.

The news comes after Thunberg and fellow activists were previously detained in an Israeli prison for days after another flotilla was intercepted by the military.

Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi has blasted Israel’s interception by describing it as a “criminal act of piracy” in international waters.

Meanwhile, Ashrawi, a former member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s executive committee, said: “They’re putting their lives on the line by actively intervening [and] demonstrating the real meaning of solidarity [and] human empathy.”

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