Overview

• Organizers say the Global Sumud Flotilla plans to sail Sunday to deliver relief and test a maritime corridor to Gaza.
• The convoy is assembling delegations from 44 countries, with organizers expecting roughly 20 vessels once ships from Italy, Greece and Tunisia join.
• Greta Thunberg is among the participants, alongside public figures and lawmakers including former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau and actors Susan Sarandon and Liam Cunningham.
• Previous sea attempts in June and July were intercepted by Israeli forces, with activists detained and later expelled, including Thunberg in June.
• The United Nations this month declared a famine in Gaza affecting hundreds of thousands, while the IDF says it will uphold the blockade and notes aid is entering by land.