"I can confirm that the ship had been mastered (Marine personnel) and everything went smoothly and no casualties," he said. Chief military spokesman Brigadier General Yoav Mordechai said, the passengers moved from a small boat onto one of the ships of war and moved to Ashdod.
Ships berpenumpang 17 people have expressed will to one port of Egypt when it left the waters of Greece on Sunday but then changed the plan to the sack that the Palestinian territory and hoped to arrive on Tuesday afternoon. The ship was also planning to sail to Gaza as part of a convoy carrying the activists and aid, but prevented other ships sailed after leaning in Greece. The activists accused the Greek government to intervene in this case meets the interests of Israel.
A statement issued by the Israeli military said on arrival in Ashdod, 20 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of the Gaza Strip, the passengers will be checked by the police and some could be deported. Israel, the army marines killed nine Turkish activists when they stormed the convoy to Gaza on the Mediterranean last year, has vowed to stop any new venture violated the blockade by the navy.
The blockade was intended to prevent the supply of arms to Hamas-ruled Gaza. The Palestinians and their supporters saw the blockade was illegal and declared the action crippling economic perkembanagan region. A total of 1.5 million Gazans depend on aid to survive.