Overview

• Greta Thunberg announced the Global Sumud Flotilla will depart Spain on August 31 and rendezvous with Tunisian boats on September 4, mobilizing participants from 44 countries across dozens of vessels.
• Activists intend to carry humanitarian supplies to Gaza to challenge what they describe as an illegal naval siege, although critics point to the mission’s limited cargo capacity.
• High-profile participants include actors Susan Sarandon, Gustaf Skarsgård and Liam Cunningham alongside doctors and humanitarians.
• The Global Sumud Flotilla is organized as an independent movement with no affiliation to any government or political party, its website states.
• Israel intercepted two previous aid missions in June and July, detaining activists and transferring aid through official channels, and its plan for handling the August convoy has not been disclosed.