The Israeli military has boarded Greta Thunberg’s aid boat to stop it reaching the Gaza Strip, her supporters say. Freedom Flotilla Coalition, the group assisting the activists aboard the Madleen sailboat, reported losing contact with the vessel shortly after 1am BST.

Israel's foreign ministry has branded it a "selfie yacht", while Thunberg says she has been "kidnapped" after Israeli forces boarded the vessel.

Zaher al-Waheidi, head of the Health Ministry’s records department, said six people were killed and more than 99 wounded, some of them at another GHF centre in central Gaza. The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel on October 7 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251.