Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a clever quip Thursday upon announcing that the Gaza flotilla had been turned back, after announcing that not a single person on board made it to the blockade.

“Not one ship or Hamas supporter arrived in our territory, not even in our maritime territory,” he said. “They have been turned back and will return to their countries of origin.”

“They will continue to watch Gaza on YouTube,” he joked.

Despite Israel’s assertion that the interception of the flotilla was peaceful and that no one was harmed during the detention of some of the members, European nations denounced Israel’s actions.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it had acted to intercept the vessels after they “actively attempted to block an Israeli merchant vessel.”

“This is why Israel acted early, peacefully, in accordance with international law, and with the aim of ensuring the safety and security of all those on board — and it will continue to do so,” it said.

Up to 211 people were detained, and the ministry announced that they will be transferred to Greece.

“In coordination with the Greek government, the individuals transferred from the flotilla vessels to the Israeli vessel will be disembarked on a Greek beach in the coming hours,” Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, said on X.

“We call on anyone who is not interested in provocations but rather in humanitarian aid to Gaza to do so through the BOP [Board of Peace],” he added.

The Board of Peace derisively referred to the flotilla as “love boat activism,” after Israelis who intercepted the vessels reported that they found them stocked with drugs and condoms.

The board issued a statement in which it said that its efforts to bring in humanitarian aid to Gaza had yielded fruit, then compared its efforts to the Gaza flotilla, calling it “performative love-boat activism of people who know nothing of and care even less for the condition of Gazans.”

“It is distasteful to trade on the misery of people to build your social media profiles,” the board said, advising that “those actually wanting to help Gaza” should apply pressure on Hamas to “fulfill their obligations” and send aid “through established humanitarian channels coordinated by the Board of Peace, the United Nations, and the World Bank, so that your contributions reach those who deserve and need our aid.”

The flotilla folks should go right back to where they came from and, as Netanyahu suggested, keep watching Gaza on YouTube — although their time would be better spent focusing on other things…like the stuff they brought with them.