Overview

• Around 1,000 activists from Tunisia, Algeria and Libya set off in a land convoy bound for Rafah to attempt a breach of Israel’s 18-year blockade on Gaza
• Egyptian authorities have not authorized entry into North Sinai for the convoy, casting doubt on its ability to deliver stockpiled aid to Gaza
• Israeli forces intercepted the British-flagged yacht Madleen and detained its 12-member crew including Greta Thunberg under orders to uphold the naval blockade
• The United Nations warns nearly half a million Gazans face catastrophic hunger and acute malnutrition as aid routes remain severely restricted
• The land convoy coincides with solidarity actions by supporters from more than 30 countries arriving in Egypt by air and sea to intensify calls for lifting Gaza’s siege