Overview

• Organisers say more than 40 civilian boats are now at sea on the final leg toward Gaza after staged departures from Tunisian ports including Bizerte and Gammarth.
• Tunisian authorities opened an investigation after two flotilla vessels were hit in suspected drone attacks near Tunis on September 8 and 9, with no casualties reported.
• The convoy is converging with 18 boats that left Sicily and two Greece-flagged vessels from Syros, carrying food, medical supplies and baby formula for Gaza.
• High‑profile participants include Greta Thunberg, European Parliament member Rima Hassan and former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau, alongside multiple sitting lawmakers from several countries.
• AFP debunked a viral video wrongly claimed to show the flotilla at sea, identifying the footage as Chinese fishing boats unrelated to the mission.