Ex-Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan was arrested by Israeli forces, according to a statement released by Palestine Action Coalition of Pakistan. Senator Ahmed led the Pakistani delegation as part of the global Sumud flotilla.
🚨 | Emergency:
Pakistani delegation leader Ex senator Mushtaq Ahmed Khan has been arrested by Zionist soldiers. pic.twitter.com/bw5xtzahhq
– Palestine Action Coalition of Pakistan (@PalactCoalition) October 1, 2025
Israeli forces have stopped 13 both carrying foreign activists and assistance tied to Gaza, but 30 boats continue to sail against the war-raised Palestinian enclave, the flotilla organizers said on Thursday.
According to the latest update published in the Global Sumud Flotilla Official X account, dozens of ships are still on course to Gaza, some less than 50 kilometers from the Gaza coast.
Emergency Alert ❗❗❗❗❗#Globalsumudfilotilla Boat, Mali, captured in international waters less than 60 kilometers from #Gaza COAST. Nearly 40 ships are still on a course for Gaza. Some less than 50 kilometers away from the coastline !!!#Globalsumudflottilla #Gaza
– Global Sumud Flotilla ✨ (@gsmflotilla) October 2, 2025
A video from the Israeli Foreign Ministry verified by Reuters showed the most prominent of Flotilla’s passengers, the Swedish climate campaign Greta Thunberg, sitting on a deck surrounded by soldiers.
“More vessels in the Hamas-Sumud flotilla have probably stopped and their passengers are transferred to an Israeli harbor,” said the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs of X. “Greta and her friends are safe and healthy.”
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Prime -Miniser Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Office have both released statements that condemn this aggression of Israel. PM Shehbaz has demanded the voluntary immediate release.
Pakistan strongly condemns the eerie attack by Israeli forces of 40 vessel Samud Gaza Flotilla and carries over 450 humanitarian workers from 44 countries.
We hope and ask for the security of all those who have been illegally arrested by Israeli forces and calls for their …– Shehbaz Sharif (@cmshehbaz) October 1, 2025
The Foreign Office has stated that this action is “as part of Israel’s ongoing pattern of aggression and its illegal blockade of Gaza.”
The global sumud flotilla, transport of medicine and food to Gaza, consists of more than 40 civilians with about 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists.
The flotilla posted several videos on telegram with messages from individuals aboard the different boats, some have their passports and claimed they were abducted and led to Israel against their will, and reiterated that their mission was a non-violent humanitarian cause.
The flotilla is the most profiled symbol of resistance to Israel’s blockade of Gaza.
Its progress on the Mediterranean received international attention when nations, including Turkey, Spain and Italy, sent boats or drones in the event that their citizens demanded help, even though it triggered repeated warnings from Israel to return.
