[News] The Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail from Barcelona to break the Gaza siege

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The Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail from Barcelona to break the Gaza siege

Sunday 31-August-2025
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BARCELONA, (PIC)

The “Global Sumud (Resilience) Flotilla” set sail from the Spanish city of
Barcelona on Sunday in a new humanitarian solidarity initiative aimed at
breaking the Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip for years, which
has intensified since last March.

The flotilla groups several international and humanitarian organizations,
most notably the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, the Global Gaza Movement, the
Convoy of Resilience, and Malaysia’s Nusantara Resilience Organization.

Participants finalized preparations to sail with dozens of ships loaded
with humanitarian aid, joined by activists from 44 countries, along with
European parliamentarians and public figures, including former Barcelona
mayor Ada Colau and Portuguese left-wing MP Mariana Mortágua.

The flotilla’s steering committee said that this step aims to open a safe
humanitarian corridor to the besieged enclave and to exert international
pressure to stop the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.

It confirmed that parallel actions will be launched from Tunisia and other
countries on September 4, coinciding with large-scale demonstrations in
several countries around the world in support of the flotilla and the
demand to end the blockade.

This initiative builds on the efforts of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition
since 2010, when the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara came under a deadly attack
by Israeli forces while attempting to break the naval blockade on Gaza.

Since then, attempts to break the siege have continued, including the ships
al-Dhamir (Conscience), Madleen, and Handala earlier this year, all of
which were attacked and seized by Israeli forces.

Since March 2, Israel has continued to close all crossings leading into the
Gaza Strip, preventing the entry of humanitarian aid, causing unprecedented
levels of famine, according to UN agencies.

Although Israeli authorities have allowed limited quantities of aid to
enter in recent weeks, they fall far short of minimum needs, while many aid
trucks are looted by armed gangs operating under Israeli protection,
according to governmental and human rights sources.

The United Nations recently declared famine officially in Gaza City,
warning that it could spread to the central and southern parts of the Strip
by September if the international community fails to take concrete action
to contain the disaster and protect civilians.
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