{"id":25621,"date":"2025-06-04T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=25621"},"modified":"2025-06-04T18:25:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:25:43","slug":"greta-spots-a-drone-assumes-the-worst-calls-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/greta-spots-a-drone-assumes-the-worst-calls-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Greta Spots a Drone, Assumes the Worst, Calls the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Panic at sea: Activists on the Gaza flotilla, including Greta Thunberg and Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham, sent out a dramatic SOS signal to the world yesterday (Tuesday) after spotting a drone circling above the ship <em>Madleen<\/em>. Not long after, it turned out the drone belonged to the Greek Coast Guard \u2013 not to Israeli or Iranian forces, as they had assumed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An Unnecessary Distress Call<\/strong><br \/>\nAs part of the international flotilla attempting to break the blockade, the ship <em>Madleen<\/em> departed Sunday from the port of Catania in Sicily, carrying humanitarian aid bound for Gaza. En route, the crew spotted a Heron 1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flying at low altitude. Against the backdrop of heightened regional tensions, the activists quickly issued an urgent distress call.<\/p>\n<p>According to the organization, the incident occurred approximately 68 kilometers outside Greek territorial waters. It was later confirmed that the drone was Greek and had been monitoring the vessel according to protocol.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreedomFlotilla?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreedomFlotilla<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreakTheSiege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BreakTheSiege<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AllEyesOnDeck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AllEyesOnDeck<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n5yHQ2xdOj\">pic.twitter.com\/n5yHQ2xdOj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Freedom Flotilla Coalition (@GazaFFlotilla) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GazaFFlotilla\/status\/1930017451041009863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Attempt Within a Month<\/strong><br \/>\nThis marks the second attempt in recent weeks to send a flotilla to Gaza. In May, another ship from the same group reported being struck in international waters near Malta.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers claimed that the ship, which was carrying 30 international activists and humanitarian supplies, was attacked by a drone. Following the alleged strike, the vessel issued an SOS signal to authorities in Malta and nearby countries.<\/p>\n<p>Videos released by the organization showed the ship on fire, with thick smoke billowing and loud explosions heard in the background.<\/p>\n<p>The organization accused Israel of carrying out the attack, but officials in Jerusalem declined to comment on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the second attempt in a month to break the naval blockade on Gaza: Greta Thunberg and Gaza flotilla activists reported an aerial threat at sea \u2013 which turned out to be a Greek coast guard drone.<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":25624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2276,8,6],"tags":[6366,6365,6369,6367,2047,1475,4629,4272,6368,6370],"class_list":["post-25621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","category-politics","category-security","tag-gaza-flotilla","tag-greece","tag-greek-coast-guard","tag-greta-thunberg","tag-humanitarian-aid","tag-idf","tag-israel-gaza-conflict","tag-italy","tag-liam-cunningham","tag-naval-blockade"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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