Overview

• The Global Sumud Flotilla departed Sunday carrying food, water and medicine with high-profile participants including Greta Thunberg, Susan Sarandon and Liam Cunningham.
• Organisers say about 20 boats with delegations from 44 countries left Spain and will be joined by additional vessels from Italy, Greece and Tunisia in the coming days.
• A flotilla spokesperson told Spanish public TV that roughly 70 boats could take part in the final leg, with a projected arrival near mid-September.
• Israel has intercepted similar sea missions in June and July, detaining activists and seizing cargo, and the IDF says it will continue to enforce the naval blockade.
• The UN declared a famine in Gaza on August 22, while Israeli officials say millions of tons of aid have entered by land since the war began.