Overview

• The fleet resumed its voyage after a storm forced a brief return to Barcelona, carrying more than 300 activists from 44 countries, including Greta Thunberg and former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau, to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.
• The NGO Emergency said it will join with its search-and-rescue vessel Life Support from Catania to provide medical and logistical support and to serve as an observer.
• National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir proposed treating arriving participants as terrorists, with extended detention in Ketziot and Damon prisons and restrictions on privileges such as TV and radio.
• Organizers insist the operation is lawful and strictly nonviolent, saying cargo is humanitarian and participants signed nonviolence commitments and received training.
• European reactions are intensifying, with Italian opposition leaders urging government protection, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani disputing that the participants are terrorists, port workers and student groups planning actions, and reporting raising questions about opaque financing and a listed partner tied by some sources to the FPLP.