Overview

• About 20 small boats carrying roughly 300 activists set out from Barcelona again on Monday evening after returning to port due to strong winds, according to organizers.
• The Global Sumud Flotilla says it intends to deliver humanitarian supplies and push for a sea corridor into Gaza, with additional vessels expected to join en route.
• The effort comes as the United Nations reports famine-level hunger in Gaza and accuses Israel of obstructing aid deliveries, an allegation Israel rejects.
• Spain’s government has pledged diplomatic and consular protection for its citizens taking part, and participants include Greta Thunberg and actor Liam Cunningham.
• Israel intercepted earlier flotillas in June and July, and Israeli media report Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has proposed harsher detention if activists reach Gaza, a plan not confirmed by the government.