Overview

• The convoy departed Bizerte on Saturday aiming to deliver aid to Gaza and challenge Israel’s naval blockade.
• Organisers report more than 40 vessels under the Global Sumud Flotilla banner with 500–700 participants from over 40 countries.
• Another contingent of 18 boats left Sicily to join the mission, with four MEPs aboard and a flotilla estimate of about 34 boats and roughly 500 tons of aid.
• Tunisia’s interior ministry announced a probe into what it called a premeditated aggression against two flotilla ships near Tunis, while other authorities earlier disputed reports of drone strikes.
• Israel has a record of intercepting Gaza-bound boats, and its national security minister has warned activists will be treated as terrorists and jailed if stopped.