[News] Thousands of volunteers set out from Tunisia to Gaza starting Monday

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 Thousands of volunteers set out from Tunisia to Gaza starting Monday

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TUNIS, (PIC)

A convoy of thousands of volunteers is set to depart from Tunisia on
Monday, heading toward the Rafah border crossing to demand an end to the
Israeli genocide, break the siege, and deliver humanitarian aid.

The Coordinating Committee for Joint Action for Palestine in Tunisia said
that a Maghreb land convoy, including thousands of volunteers, will set off
from the capital Tunis and the cities of Sousse (east), Sfax, and Gabès to
the southern city of Ben Gardane, en route to the Gaza Strip. The journey
will pass through Libya and Egypt to express solidarity with the besieged
Palestinian people in Gaza and to deliver humanitarian aid.

The committee added, “Participants in the convoy will head to the Ras Jedir
border crossing on the Tunisian-Libyan border, then travel along the Libyan
coastal road to Cairo, and finally reach the Rafah crossing on the
Egyptian-Palestinian border to deliver messages of solidarity and aid to
the people of Gaza.”

The land convoy will include union and political figures, as well as human
rights activists, lawyers, doctors, journalists, and members of youth
organizations.

The committee published the schedule for departures from the capital Tunis
and other major Tunisian cities, along with meeting points and the planned
route through these cities.

On May 31, Wael Nawar, spokesperson for the “Caravan of Steadfastness,”
reported that thousands of people from Tunisia and other Maghreb countries
had joined the convoy.

Nawar said, “The convoy will include delegations from Mauritania, Morocco,
and Algeria, as well as thousands from Tunisia and Libya. We will head
directly to Cairo, then to Al-Arish in Egypt, and finally to Rafah (in
southern Gaza).”

He confirmed that as of May 30, more than 7,000 people of various Maghreb
nationalities had registered to join the convoy.

Several Tunisian organizations expressed their support for and
participation in the convoy, including the Tunisian General Labor Union
(the largest labor organization), the Tunisian Journalists Syndicate, the
National Bar Association of Tunisia, the Tunisian League for the Defense of
Human Rights, the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights, the
Tunisian Medical Council, and the Tunisian Organization of Young Doctors.
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