Thunberg, a climate campaigner, is among 12 activists aboard the Madleen, which aims to break the blockade of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid.

Israel’s defence minister has ordered the military to stop an aid boat belonging to the international nonprofit organisation Freedom Flotilla Coalition and carrying climate campaigner Greta

The almost 20 months of war has torn Gaza apart, often displacing residents multiple times and killing more than 54,000 people, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry. A U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreed in January collapsed in March as Israel enforced a blockade on all humanitarian aid into the strip.