The news agency AFP reports that the ship has arrived in the port city of Ashdod.
After the ship has arrived, Moatasem Zedan, spokesperson for the Israeli human rights organization Adalah, says that the organization has not yet been able to speak with the activists.
We know that they are in Ashdod according to the authorities, but they have not given us permission to meet them yet, says Moatasem Zedan.
We are still waiting to give them legal advice and to represent them against the Israeli authorities.
In Ashdod, they are handed over to Israel's immigration authority and taken to the city of Ramla, southeast of Tel Aviv, according to Zedan.
Based on our experience from our previous handling of such cases, they (Israel) will only investigate them and after that they will force them to leave the country by putting them on a plane to their home countries.
Most often, Israel does it as quickly as possible.
According to Freedom Flotilla, the organization behind the sailing, the ship – which was on its way to the Gaza Strip – was boarded around 02 o'clock on Monday night Swedish time. Israel had previously stated that it would not be allowed to enter Gaza.
Madleen set sail from Sicily on June 1 and has since last Saturday been located off the coast of Egypt. The activists had brought emergency aid in the form of, among other things, diapers, infant formula, flour, rice, and medical equipment.
