Three Israeli naval ships seized a vessel bound for Gaza carrying activists and humanitarian aid while still in international waters in the early morning hours Monday, said organizers of the convoy. The Freedom Flotilla III, headed by the Swedish ship the Marianne of Gothenburg, was attempting to break the eight-year siege on the Gaza Strip. The boat and its 18 passengers were being towed to a port in Ashdod. It was expected that the activists will be deported.