A vessel heading towards the Gaza Strip claimed it was targeted by a drone strike off the coast of Malta and issued an SOS signal, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) said in a social media post on Friday.
Unconfirmed Arab media reports attributed the strike to Israel, which did not comment on the reports.
Some 30 people were on board the ship at the time of the strike, which occurred shortly after 12 a.m., according to the post.
“Our vessel is 17 kilometers off the shores of Malta right now in international waters, and they have been subjected to a drone attack twice,” the FFC's spokesperson, Yasemin Acar, told CNN.
Vessel issues SOS signal
According to Acar, the generators at the ship's fore were the targets of the strike, adding that there was a hole in the ship that had begun to sink.
Acar added that the vessel had also issued an SOS signal to Malta and other countries, and a small ship from Cyprus had been dispatched.
Amichai Stein contributed to this report.
This is a developing story.
