Ex-Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan was arrested by Israeli forces, according to a statement published by Palestine Action Coalition of Pakistan. Senator Ahmed led the Pakistani delegation as part of Flatilla Global Sumud.
🚨 | EMERGENCY:
The head of the Pakistani delegation ex Senator Mushtaq Ahmed Khan was arrested by Zionist soldiers. pic.twitter.com/bw5xtzahhq
– Palestine Action Coalition of Pakistan (@Palactcoalition) October 1, 2025
Israeli forces have prevented 13 boats from transporting foreign activists and helping for Gaza, but 30 boats continue to go to the Palestinian enclave ravaged by the war, the fleeting organizers said on Thursday.
According to the latest update published on the Official Global Sumud Flotilla X account, dozens of ships are still underway towards Gaza, less than 50 kilometers from the Gaza coast.
Emergency alert ❗❗❗❗❗#GloBallSumudfilotilla Boat, Mali, intercepted in international waters less than 60 kilometers from #Gaza SIDE. Nearly 40 ships are still on the point of Gaza. Less than 50 kilometers from the coast !!!#GloBallSumudfllala #Gaza
– Global Sumud Flatilla ✨ (@gsmflotilla) October 2, 2025
A video from the Israeli Foreign Affairs Verified by Reuters showed the most important passenger of the flotilla, Swedish activist from the Greta Thunberg climate, sitting on a bridge surrounded by soldiers.
“Several ships in the Hamas-Sumud flotilla have been arrested safely and their passengers are transferred to an Israeli port,” said the Israeli Foreign Affairs on X. “Greta and his friends are safe and healthy.”
Read: 30 boats escape Israeli capture, continue to sail towards Gaza
The first mini-mini-midor Shehbaz Sharif and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs both published declarations condemning this act of aggression by Israel. The PM Shehbaz demanded the immediate release of the volunters.
Pakistan firmly condemns the vile attack by Israeli forces on the 40 Samud Gaza Flatilla ships, transporting more than 450 humanitarian workers from 44 countries.
We hope and pray for the security of all those who were illegally understood by Israeli forces and call for their …– Shehbaz Sharif (@cmshehbaz) October 1, 2025
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that this law made “within the framework of the current assault model of Israel and its illegal Gaza blocking”.
The Global Sumud Flotilla, carrying medication and food in Gaza, consists of more than 40 civilian boats with around 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists.
Flotilla has published several videos on Telegram with messages from individuals aboard the various boats, some holding their passports and claiming that they were abducted and taken to Israel against their will, and reiterating that their mission was a non -violent humanitarian cause.
The flotilla is the most prominent symbol of the opposition to the blocking of Israel of Gaza.
His progress through the Mediterranean Sea have drawn international attention while nations, especially Turkey, Spain and Italy, have sent boats or drones in case their nationals require help, even if it has triggered repeated warnings from Israel to go back.
