Aid organization close to Erdogan announces ship convoy: “We are going to Gaza”. In 2010, Israeli commandos killed the “Mavi Marmara” and nine activists.

In 2017, the IHH received an award from the Al Qaeda affiliate Haiʾat Tahrir ash-Sham. There is also said to be a connection between the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS) and the I HH. The IHH came to international prominence when the Gaza Flotilla was stormed by the Israeli Navy in international waters.