US EditionNew 'freedom flotilla' sets sail to try breaking Gaza blockade
SYRACUSE, SICILY, ITALY, JUL 13 – The Handala carries medical supplies, food, and children's equipment to Gaza amid a blockade that has caused over 6,500 deaths since March 2025, organizers said.
- Early this week, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition vessel Handala sailed from Syracuse, Sicily, carrying humanitarian aid and activists to challenge the Gaza blockade, aiming to break Israel's ban.
- Amid a 21-month war, Gaza's Health Ministry reported 6,572 killed and over 23,000 injured, underscoring urgency.
- The Handala, a former Norwegian trawler loaded with medical supplies, food, children's equipment, and medicines, is carrying around 15 pro-Palestinian activists over about 1,800 km in the Mediterranean Sea, a voyage expected to last roughly a week.
- Adding political heft, `We want to show international solidarity`, Claude L�ostik said, as Gabrielle Catala and Emma Fourreau will join in Gallipoli on July 18.
- Following the flotilla's launch, UN special rapporteurs request guaranteed safe passage to Gaza under international law, while UN agencies warn maritime aid alone cannot prevent famine, complicating the mission.
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The Handala Ship Sets Sail with International Crew in Hopes of Breaking the Siege on Gaza
A new ship from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition has set sail from Italy with hopes of breaking the siege on Gaza. The Handala’s voyage comes just over a month after Israeli forces raided and seized an earlier aid ship, the Madleen, in international waters. This is the Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila, who was detained last month by Israeli forces during the raid. Thiago Ávila: “We believe that if it was not the Madleen, then the Handala; if it’s n…
Six weeks after the departure of the sailboat Madleen, chartered by the Catania Freedom Flotilla Coalition for Gaza, with 12 activists on board, including the Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg, and the Franco-Palestinian MEP of LFI, Rima Hassan, another ship of the non-violent international support movement in Gaza, left on Sunday 13 July Syracuse, charged with humanitarian aid intended especially for children. This despite the arrest, the…
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