Overview

• The Global Sumud Flotilla says it is 120–145 nautical miles from Gaza with roughly 45 vessels and around 500 activists preparing for a possible boarding.
• Participants report night approaches by unidentified or Israeli craft, temporary outages to onboard cameras and Starlink, and sightings of Israeli submarines and patrol boats.
• Israel has assembled a large operation including Shayetet 13 commandos with orders to avoid lethal force, planning to transfer activists to a naval ship and tow boats toward Ashdod.
• Italy’s frigate Alpino broadcast a final notice that it will not cross the 150‑mile line and offered to take aboard anyone seeking transfer, a stance organizers denounced as sabotage.
• Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni urged the flotilla to stop, citing risks to a fragile U.S.-led peace effort, while Italian authorities raised protest readiness as unions signaled possible strikes and legal groups affirmed the flotilla’s navigation as lawful.