ANKARA, Oct 3 — The international organisation Global Sumud Flotilla said Friday that nine new ships have now reached the northern coast of Marsa Matruh, Egypt, and are continuing their journey towards Palestine’s Gaza to challenge Israel’s blockade, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
In a statement on X, the flotilla said: “The cumulative global movement must continue… every port, every street, every square. We will not stop.”
It added that “nine ships of the ‘Thousand Madleens Flotilla’ have now arrived north of Marsa Matrouh, on their way to Gaza”.
Yesterday, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) said 11 more ships carrying around 100 people are sailing towards the Gaza Strip to break an 18-year Israel blockade.
FFC, established in 2008, has launched dozens of missions aimed at delivering aid and drawing global attention to the humanitarian crisis in the Israel-besieged Gaza Strip.
The new convoy comes two days after Israeli naval forces attacked and seized more than 40 boats sailing to Gaza to challenge the Israeli blockade and detained more than 450 activists onboard.
Israel has previously attacked Gaza-bound ships, seized their cargo, and deported activists onboard.
The regime has maintained a blockade on Gaza, home to nearly 2.4 million, for nearly 18 years, and tightened the siege in March when it closed border crossings and blocked food and medicine deliveries, pushing the enclave into famine.
Since October 2023, Israel has killed more than 66,200 Palestinians, most of them women and children. The United Nations and rights groups have repeatedly warned that the enclave is being rendered uninhabitable, with starvation and disease rapidly spreading.
