Ship to Gaza (Sweden)

The 30 activists sailing on the vessel were detained by the Israelis and taken to the Gibon detention centre in Israel.

[3] The Israel Defense Forces announced that the goods were delivered to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in the Near East (UNRWA).

Israeli military boarded the vessel in international waters.

[5] The IDF found carrier pigeons with "digital tags" attached to their legs containing photos of the Israeli military seizing the Estelle.

Photos brought home by pigeons could be distributed to global media.