GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – A boat carrying 27 activists sailed into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, braving stormy seas and defying an Israeli naval blockade to call attention to Israeli sanctions on the Hamas-controlled territory.
Israel had threatened to block the boat but did not interfere, and it sailed unhindered into a Gaza harbor. It was greeted by Hamas policemen and a small group of Palestinian activists.

Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, has held talks with his political rival Saad al-Hariri, leader of Lebanon’s parliamentary majority, a statement issued by both sides has said.
The meeting on Sunday was the first between the two leaders since Israel’s 2006 war in Lebanon and comes five months after Qatar mediated an end to an 18-month political conflict in Lebanon which had escalated into street battles.