US EditionLargest flotilla for Gaza hopes to pressure Israel to end blockade
Over 50 ships from 44 nations will attempt to deliver aid and break a 15-year Israeli naval blockade amid ongoing conflict causing famine and thousands of deaths in Gaza.
- The Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest civilian maritime mission yet, is departing from multiple Mediterranean ports to deliver aid to Gaza under Israeli naval blockade.
- The flotilla seeks to challenge Israel’s 15-year naval blockade of Gaza, which was established following Hamas’s rise to power in the territory in 2007, amid ongoing hostilities that escalated after Hamas attacks in October 2023.
- Participants include hundreds of activists from 44 countries, including Greta Thunberg and Mariana Mortagua, carrying food, medicine, and baby formula for Gaza’s starving population.
- Israel has consistently thwarted aid attempts, notably killing nine activists aboard the MV Mavi Marmara in 2010 and seizing a yacht carrying Thunberg in June, while dismissing flotillas as Hamas propaganda.
- Although the flotilla raises global awareness, experts say breaking the siege requires broader political action as the blockade and related violence have led to over 63,000 Palestinian deaths and a declared famine.
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Boats carrying participants from 44 countries are sailing to Gaza as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla to break the Israeli blockade and demand justice despite serious threats.
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