After a slight delay on account of poor climate circumstances, the Global Sumud Flotilla set sail from Barcelona, Spain, on 1 September in hopes of breaking Israel‘s blockade of Gaza. According to organizers, that is “the most important humanitarian mission in historical past,” bringing collectively dozens of ships and tons of of activists from greater than 40 nations. The flotilla might be joined by extra boats in Tunisia earlier than heading to the Gaza Strip. The journey is anticipated to take per week.
The operation, coordinated by three separate organisations, remembers the journeys of the Madleen and Handala, two ships that set sail in 2025 for the Gaza coast with the identical goal earlier than being boarded by Israeli protection forces.
The siege of the Gaza Strip continues, claiming quite a few civilian casualties. On Monday 1 September, greater than 270 media retailers from 70 totally different nations took half in a coordinated motion organized by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the worldwide citizen motion Avaaz to denounce the killing of journalists in the course of the battle. According to RSF, greater than 210 reporters have been killed in Gaza for the reason that bloodbath perpetrated by Hamas on 7 October 2023, making this the deadliest battle in historical past for the occupation.
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