{"id":89403,"date":"2026-05-19T10:12:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=89403"},"modified":"2026-05-19T10:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:12:37","slug":"presidents-sister-among-irish-people-detained-by-israel-after-gaza-aid-boats-intercepted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/05\/19\/presidents-sister-among-irish-people-detained-by-israel-after-gaza-aid-boats-intercepted\/","title":{"rendered":"President\u2019s sister among Irish people detained by Israel after Gaza aid boats intercepted"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/resizer\/v2\/HUP5FFEE4ZF2PMEJIQOP2TK6CU.JPG?auth=0c914e9d0077a7714d0bcc1a64830ca78c532a386ff83e9f94fc053e35da0d5f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=683\" alt=\"Cormac O'Daly, Margaret Connolly and Louise McCormack are among six Irish people on board the intercepted vessels, according to flotilla organisers\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The organisers of a flotilla of aid vessels bound for\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/gaza-strip\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/gaza-strip\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\">Gaza<\/a>\u00a0said on Monday that\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/israel\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/israel\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\">Israeli<\/a> \u200bforces had intercepted at least 30 of their 54 boats, with 11 Irish people detained so far. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/2026\/05\/18\/gaza-aid-flotilla-says-israeli-forces-have-intercepted-10-boats-in-naval-blockade\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The organisers of a flotilla of aid vessels bound for\u00a0Gaza\u00a0said on Monday that\u00a0Israeli \u200bforces had intercepted at least 30 of their 54&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Dr-Margaret-Connolly.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89405,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89403\/revisions\/89405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}