After being halted by Israeli police in October of last year and failing to reach the Strip, the “Global Sumud Flotilla” is prepared to sail to Gaza once more. The new expedition, which aims to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza without going through Israeli regulations, will involve about 100 boats carrying about 1,000 people. Given the current tensions in the Middle East, the new project is thought to be considerably riskier than the previous one.
On Saturday, the final boats are scheduled to leave Augusta, Sicily, and merge with other ships from Barcelona and Marseille. The flotilla attempted to halt a cargo ship that was transporting raw materials to the Israeli military industry in recent days. Along the route to Gaza, more vessels are anticipated to join, leaving from Greece and Turkey.
The initiative’s proponents, a network of students, union workers, humanitarians, and pro-Palestinian organizations, claim that the Gaza-bound project will be the largest civilian naval mission for Palestine in history, nearly twice as large as the previous one. Breaking “the illegal siege imposed by Israel on Gaza” is their ultimate objective.
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