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An Israeli military spokeswoman said that the Irish-Malaysian ship MV Rachel Corrie had been boarded: "There was full compliance from the crew and passengers on board".

Eleven people are on board the vessel which is carrying 1,000 tonnes of building, educational and healthcare supplies.

It comes after the White House urged the activists to comply with Israeli requests to dock at the port of Ashdod for safety reasons. But Irish foreign affairs minister Micheal Martin said he fully accepted their decision to continue with their mission.

"If, as is their stated intention, the Israeli government intercepts the Rachel Corrie, the Government demands that it demonstrate every restraint," Mr Martin warned.

"Those on board the Rachel Corrie have made clear their peaceful intentions and have stated that they will offer no resistance to Israeli forces. Based on these assurances, there can be no justification for the use of force against any person on board the Rachel Corrie."

Nine people were left dead and hundreds of activists seized and taken to Israel when troops stormed a flotilla of nine ships on Monday morning.

اردوغان: لن ندير ظهرنا للقدس ארדואן: אנו לא נפנה את גבנו אל ירושלים

رجب طيب أردوغان قال إن قدر غزة ليس منفصلا عن قدر أنقرة (الفرنسية-أرشيف)

ארדואן: אנו לא נפנה את גבנו אל ירושלים