Overview

• Around 1,700 pro-Palestinian activists at the Global March to Gaza turned back after Egypt refused them entry
• Participants were stranded for days in Libya en route from Tunisia and prevented from reaching the Rafah crossing
• About 400 activists were detained in Ismailia near the Suez Canal and had their passports confiscated by Egyptian authorities
• The group says it will not return to Tunisia until fellow marchers held in Libya are released
• The aborted march underscores international efforts to spotlight Gaza’s worsening humanitarian crisis and tight regional border controls