Overview

• Rima Hassan will join Greta Thunberg on the Madleen, a ship organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, departing June 1 toward Gaza.
• The mission aims to denounce Israel’s humanitarian blockade, call for accountability over alleged genocide and rally international awareness.
• Israel had imposed a full blockade on Gaza aid since March 2 but lifted restrictions this month, with Médecins Sans Frontières calling allowed aid “ridiculously insufficient.”
• On May 28 thousands of hungry Palestinians raided a World Food Programme warehouse as famine conditions worsened.
• Israel has accepted a ceasefire proposal from US President Donald Trump, and talks with Hamas remain underway.