Former Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan was arrested by Israeli forces, according to a statement issued by the Pakistan Palestinian action coalition. Senator Ahmed led the Pakistani delegation as part of the Sumud Global Fleet.
🚨 | EMERGENCY:
Pakistani delegation The former senator Mushtaq Ahmed Khan has been arrested by Zionist soldiers. pic.twitter.com/bw5xtzahq
– Palestine action coalition of Pakistan (@palactcoalition) October 1, 2025
The Israeli forces have arrested 13 ships that transport foreign activists and help for Gaza, but 30 ships continue to sail to the Palestinian enclave with the war, Fleet organizers said Thursday.
According to the last update published on the Global Sumud of Official Fleeta X, dozens of ships are still ongoing Gaza, less than 50 kilometers from the coast of Gaza.
Emergency alert ❗❗❗❗❗#Globalsumudfililla Boat, Mali, intercepted in international waters less than 60 kilometers from the #Loop COAST. Almost 40 ships are still on the way to Gaza. Less than 50 kilometers from the coast!#Globalsumudflotilla #Loop
– Global Sumud Flotilla ✨ (@gsmflotilla) October 2, 2025
A video of the Israeli Foreign Ministry verified by Reuters showed the most prominent of the passengers of the flotilla, the Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg, sitting on a terrace surrounded by soldiers.
“Several ships of the Hamas-Sumud flotilla have stopped safely and their passengers are being transferred to an Israeli port,” said Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in X. “Greta and his friends are safe and healthy.”
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The Prime Miniser Shehbaz Sharif and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have published statements that condemn this act of aggression by Israel. Prime Minister Shehbaz has demanded the immediate launch of the Volún.
Pakistan strongly condemns the disgusting attack of Israeli forces in the 40 Samud Gaza Flotilla vessels, transporting more than 450 humanitarian workers from 44 countries.
We hope and pray for the security of all those who have been illegally arrested by Israeli forces and ask for their …– Shehbaz Sharif (@cmshehbaz) October 1, 2025
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared that this law is “as part of the pattern of ongoing aggression of Israel and its illegal blockade of Gaza”.
The Sumud Global Flotilla, which transports Medicine and Food to Gaza, consists of more than 40 civil ships with approximately 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists.
The flotilla published several videos on Telegram with messages from individuals aboard the various ships, some holding their passports and stating that they were kidnapped and taken to Israel against their will, and reiterating that their mission was a non -violent humanitarian cause.
The flotilla is the highest opposition symbol of high profile to the blockade of Gaza de Israel.
His progress through the Mediterranean Sea attracted international attention when nations, including Turkey, Spain and Italy, sent boats or drones in case their nationals required assistance, even when it caused repeated warnings of Israel to return.