BBC News with Kathy Clugston.

An Irish-owned ship that was trying to break through the Israeli blockade of Gaza has been

divert

ed to the Port of Ashdod. Israeli forces who boarded it about 30 kilometres off the coast said they faced no resistance. The ship, the Rachel Corrie, was supposed to have been the 7th in the flotilla which was stormed by Israeli forces on Monday when at least nine activists were killed. It’s now being searched by the Israeli police. There's been no communication with any of the pro-Palestinian campaigners on board. Andrew North reports from Ashdod.

Eleven activists including a former Nobel Peace Prize winner and nine crew are being questioned. It’s not yet clear what will

happen to

them, but the expectation is they will eventually be released. The Israeli government will be

relieved

that it was able to stop this latest effort to break its blockade of Gaza peacefully and its people are firmly behind it, but it’s looking increasingly isolated worldwide, with even its American ally saying the blockade of Gaza is unsustainable.

The Supreme Administrative Court in Egypt has upheld a ruling that Egyptian men married to Israelis should

be stripped of

their citizenship.

The case is being viewed as a sign of the

negative

feeling against Israel in Egypt, with which it has had a peace treaty for more than 30 years. From Cairo, Yolande Knell reports.