The Belgium-based Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has filed a war crimes complaint in the UK over the Israeli naval raid on the British-flagged Madleen yesterday, Al Jazeera reports.

“The complaint targets the Shayetet 13 unit that executed the attack and Vice Admiral David Saar Salama who is the commander in chief of the Israeli Navy,” it said in a statement.

“The Madleen, sailing as part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was carrying medical supplies, food, and baby formula to civilians in Gaza. The ship, legally considered an extension of UK territory, was over 60 nautical miles [111km] off the coast when it was intercepted and boarded by Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 naval commandos,” it added.

HRF, named after a Palestinian girl killed in Gaza, has previously said it filed evidence of alleged war crimes with the International Criminal Court against 1,000 Israelis over their actions in Gaza.