Overview

• Organisers said the convoy will make no further stops and aims to reach Gaza after refusing an Italian plan to unload aid in Cyprus via church channels.
• Intelligence from multiple countries, including Italy, warned of possible renewed Israeli attacks within 48 hours, which the flotilla publicly flagged in an emergency briefing.
• Italy condemned the earlier strike south of Crete and positioned the frigate Fasan for assistance, with the frigate Alpino set to relieve it under a mandate limited to international waters.
• The Italian foreign ministry advised nationals not to continue and said those who persist do so at their own risk, offering help to participants who choose to stop in Greece.
• Israel reiterated it will not allow a breach of the naval blockade and proposed offloading in Ashkelon or via Cyprus, offers the flotilla rejected as Spain prepares the patrol ship Furor from Cartagena for support.