Israeli naval commandos have boarded a Jewish aid boat attempting to break a naval blockade on Gaza. According to a statement of Israeli defence forces, its navy has intercepted a catamaran carrying nine Jewish activists toward the Gaza Strip and theytook control of the sailboat and escorted it to shore without any resistance. The Irene, like the earlier flotilla, had been trying to breach Israel's naval blockade of Gaza. The Irene set sail early this week from Turkish-controlled Northern Cyprus. The passengers, including a former Israeli fighter pilot and an Israeli man whose daughter was killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber, as well as American and European activists, said they wanted to show that not all Jews support the Israeli blockade.