Overview

• Five smaller vessels turned back to the Port of Barcelona overnight due to extreme conditions, according to the Global Sumud Flotilla.
• Organizers report all crew from the returning boats are safe and accounted for, with roughly twenty vessels still at sea bound for Gaza.
• Several boats have lost radio and internet links, leaving some contact limited to visual sightings, journalist Yusuf Omar said.
• The flotilla aims to rendezvous with additional ships departing from Tunisia, Greece and Italy as part of its planned route.
• The initiative is described as a non-violent humanitarian effort to challenge Israel’s maritime blockade, and participants include Greta Thunberg and former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau.