Israeli Hasbara flotilla counters Gaza-bound flotilla off Herzliya

Jewish and Arab Israeli activists launched a smaller counter flotilla, the Hasbara flotilla, in Israeli waters off Herzliya to counter the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla. Led by Yoseph Haddad, they said the mission was to show the difference between them and the 'terror flotilla' and to safeguard Israel’s sovereignty; the ships stayed in Israeli waters for several hours before returning to port, while protesters waved signs mocking the GSF and Haddad accused the organizers of Hamas ties and Erdogan of supporting terror.