Overview

• The Handala set sail from Siracusa on July 13 with eighteen activists and a modest aid shipment bound for Gaza.
• The vessel will pause in Gallipoli to press other Italian regions to follow Puglia’s example in cutting cooperation with Israel.
• Freedom Flotilla Coalition organizers say they are readying additional ships to sustain pressure on the naval siege.
• Spanish courts have begun reviewing Sergio Toribio’s complaint alleging war crimes and arbitrary detention during the Madleen interception.
• Israeli legal teams are seeking the release of the seized Madleen from Ashdod port as litigation over prior flotilla missions continues.