A vessel that was approaching Freedom Flotilla Coalition's Gaza-bound charity ship the Madleen has left, the coalition said early on Monday, after an alarm was sounded on the ship warning of a possible interception.

The photo shows a lean, tanned man in a dark helmet. He’s grasping a rifle and UN vehicles move behind him as he waves through traffic.

Gaza is “worse than hell on earth,” International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) chief Mirjana Spoljaric told the BBC’s Jermy Bowen following her latest visit to the strip. “We cannot continue to watch what is happening. It’s surpassing any ...