Israel has intercepted a Gaza-bound aid ship carrying Greta Thunberg and other prominent activists and is escorting the boat to Israel, the foreign ministry said early Monday.

Palestinian activists that was attempting to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip is now “safely making” its way to Israel, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced. In a statement on X, the foreign ministry referred to the Madleen,

The almost 20 months of war has torn Gaza apart, often displacing residents multiple times and killing more than 54,000 people, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry. A U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreed in January collapsed in March as Israel enforced a blockade on all humanitarian aid into the strip.