US EditionGaza-Bound Activist Convoy Retreats to Misrata After Being Blocked in East Libya
- Pro-Palestinian activists from Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, and Tunisia retreated to Misrata, western Libya, on Sunday after being blocked in eastern Libya.
- The activists, part of the Sumud convoy that departed Tunisia on June 9, faced a military blockade since Friday at Haftar-controlled Sirte and arrests by eastern Libyan authorities.
- Organisers reported a systematic siege denying food, water, medicine, and communication while dozens of activists were intercepted, beaten, and forcibly loaded onto buses at multiple checkpoints.
- The organizers behind the convoy called for the immediate release of 13 detained participants and confirmed their plan to proceed to Gaza’s Rafah crossing to challenge the blockade and stop the ongoing genocide.
- The retreat to Misrata, under the UN-backed Government of National Unity, highlights regional resistance to the blockade amid Egyptian and Israeli efforts to prevent pro-Palestinian activism on their borders.
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Around 1700 people wanted to travel from Tunisia to the Gaza Strip in a convoy in order to draw attention to the humanitarian situation there. However, the project fails prematurely.
North African convoy for Gaza reports mistreatment in eastern Libya by Haftar forces
The ‘Sumud’ caravan, which left Tunis for Gaza last week, retreated to Misrata in western Libya after the arrest of 13 participants by officials loyal to the military commander
The pro-Palestinian convoy and the Global March to Gaza solidarity march, whose aim is to "break the Israeli blockade", were arrested. The first from Tunisia was stopped in Libya; the second from Cairo.
Gaza-bound activist convoy retreats to Misrata after being blocked in east Libya
Pro-Palestinian activists on a march aiming to break Israel's Gaza blockade have retreated to the Misrata region of western Libya after being blocked by the authorities in the country's east, organisers said Sunday.
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