SEPANG - Four more Malaysians participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) humanitarian mission were confirmed to be on board ships intercepted by Israeli forces in Gaza waters this morning.
They are singer Heliza Helmi and her sister, Nur Hazwani Afiqah, who were on board the Hio, as well as Nurfarahin Romli and Danish Nazran Murad, who were on the Grande Blu.
According to the Sumud Nusantara Command Centre (SNCC) tracker system, the Grande Blu was intercepted at 12.58 am local time, while the Hio was at 2.34 am, about 60 nautical miles from Gaza.
As of 7.50 am Malaysian time, a total of 17 Malaysians had lost contact with the SNCC after their ships were intercepted.
They include singer Zizi Kirana, who was on the Huga; Musa Nuwayri, Iylia Balqis and Sul Aidil, who were on the Alma; and Haikal Abdullah, Muaz Zainal, Zulfadhli Khiduddin and Rusydi Ramli, who were on the Sirius.
SNCC reported that, so far, 10 ships were under "attack” status, while 13 others had sent "emergency” signals. -BERNAMA