Israel denies bombing Sumud Flotilla, MSM amplify the lie – but video puts it beyond doubt

Israel has denied drone-bombing the lead boat of the humanitarian Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) last night in international waters near Tunisia and naturally the so-called ‘mainstream’ media who bothered to report it at all immediately amplified Israel’s claim. The boat carried climate activist Greta Thunberg and other crew members of the earlier Madleen, which was attacked by Israel as it sailed to Gaza alone. The new flotilla aims to strengthen the effort to reach Gaza and combat Israeli lies.

Israel denies bombing the Sumud Flotilla – which is simply a lie

As usual throughout Israel’s genocide in Gaza, this lie took about ten minutes to collapse, with video footage from another vote clearly showing the bomb falling onto the boat:

Crew member ‘Flotilla Fayez’, who recorded the attack, was scornful of the media’s role in amplifying risible Israeli propaganda. He commented:

Now I guess they’ll say it was a tiny asteroid.

Author Candice King published further footage, including members of the Sumud Flotilla crew of the bombed ship describing their experience, together with some examples of MSM outlets regurgitating Israel’s lie:

Tommy Marcus, another crew member of the bombed Sumud Flotilla, also posted footage of the bombing and commented:

“Fake news” — if you don’t think it’s a genocide in Palestine, maybe watching Israel trying to kill me (@tgmarc) and Greta Thunberg et al will convince you? Probably not at this point. This was a deliberate attack by an Israeli drone. Yet the media is saying that our boat randomly caught fire, and that there was no drone strike. Lol. Free Palestine

The Global Sumud Flotilla issued a statement:

The Global Sumud Flotilla denounces a drone attack on one of its main vessels, which has caused material damage by a fire but not personal damage https://t.co/eJspskoMfj

— Global Sumud Flotilla (@GlobalSumudFlot) September 9, 2025

Israel bombed a flotilla vessel earlier this year in international waters off Malta, forcing it to abandon its mission to deliver food to Gaza; it attacked two subsequent boats on separate occasions, seizing the vessels and imprisoning their crews; and of course it has lied about every hospital, school, shelter, aid queue, aid worker, children playing and children trying to fetch food or water for their family, every doctor, paramedic, rescue worker and even its own citizens that it has bombed, shot, crushed with tanks, buried alive, starved to death and otherwise murdered in its genocide that has lasted almost two years now.

And just as it has lied about (while also quietly admitting to the Hebrew-language media) killing hundreds of its own people on 7 October 2023 before turning its weapons on the civilians of Gaza.

Israel is a terror state. Free Palestine. Support the GSF.

Featured image via the Canary