Overview

• About ten boats with roughly 60 activists departed Catania to link up with the Global Sumud Flotilla bound for Gaza, according to organizers.
• The core convoy of around 50 boats with participants from 44 countries remains near Koufonissi south of Crete.
• An Italian frigate, Alpino, and a Spanish warship are accompanying the vessels, and Italy’s defense minister warned safety cannot be guaranteed beyond international waters.
• Organizers rejected appeals from Italy’s president and the Catholic Church to deliver their cargo to Cyprus for onward transfer to Gaza.
• The UN called for an investigation into reported drone incidents near Greece as Israel reiterated it will not allow any landing, pointing to past interceptions in June and July.