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Oh man! C'mon guys, good luck out there. I hope you return to your homes safe and sound. Brave people.
Literally nothing is going to happen to them. They're going to be released once they get the boat hauled to an Israeli port and then Israel's calls their respective embassies. This was this group's intention from the start.
The last time this was attempted, Israeli soldiers stormed the boat and killed ten people.
The event you're referring to didn't have a single boat. It was a fleet of 8 boats, but 2 of them were lagging behind due to mechanical issues. The 6 boats that continued ahead were radioed by Israel informing them that maritime traffic is closed and that they had to change course to the port of Ashdod if they wanted to continue. They denied the request and so the Israeli navy sent out patrol boats to intercept them.
5 of the 6 boats were intercepted without any issues, but one of the boats, the MV Mavi Marmara, which also had the highest number of passengers at 590, had around 40 of its passengers refuse to cooperate with the soldiers and started attacking them. This resulted in the soldiers killing 9 of them on the spot (a 10th died years later due to related injuries) and injured dozens more, and the activists ended up injuring 10 of the soldiers on board, including one who was in critical condition.
It was unfortunate situation all around, but it is nothing like this situation. Vastly different scales, crews, and interactions.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_flotilla_raid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Freedom_Flotilla#Ties_with_groups_marked_as_terror_organizations