According to the Global Sumud Flotilla, 10 boats from a 60-vessel convoy were attacked in international waters and boarded by Israeli forces earlier on Monday.
On Tuesday, Israeli media reported that around 40 vessels of the flotilla had been seized by the Israeli navy and about 300 activists detained.
The flotilla set sail on Thursday from the Turkish Mediterranean district of Marmaris in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade imposed on Gaza since 2007.
Organisers said the mission included 426 participants, among them 96 Turkish activists and participants from 39 other countries, including Germany, the US, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Algeria, Indonesia, Morocco, France, South Africa, the UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, Oman and New Zealand.
This is not the first such attack on the flotilla.
On April 29, Israel attacked the flotilla off the coast of the Greek island of Crete.
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