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Cyprus-based Free Gaza group uses Twitter website to announce that troops from three three Israeli boats boarded peacefully, with no struggle or injuries - but activists aboard ship deny any contact with navy.
Conflicting reports emerged early on Saturday morning over whether Israel had intercepted a Gaza-bound aid ship, which by the early hours was just a few dozen miles from the blockaded Gaza strip.
The Cyprus-based Free Gaza group used micro-blogging website Twitter to announce that troops from three three Israeli naval boats, which had been tailing the ship, had boarded peacefully at 5:50 A.M. Israel time, with no struggle or injuries.
The Reuters news agency also reported that the ship had been siezed - but later said that activists on board had denied having any direct contact with the Israeli navy, claiming at around at 6:30 A.M that they were still being shadowed.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said she had no information. Israel had said it would not let the ship through.
The activists' latest attempt to crack the blockade will test Israel's resolve as it faces a wave of international outrage over its deadly takeover of another aid ship earlier this week.
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