Overview

• Israeli forces boarded vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla and detained activists, including more than thirty Spaniards who await deportation.
• The Spanish frigate Furor deployed to escort the convoy proved unable to intervene under international-law constraints, exposing cabinet rifts over the mission.
• Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares summoned Israel’s chargé d’affaires, sent the consul and Guardia Civil officers to the port, and demanded the immediate release and return of Spanish nationals.
• The Public Prosecutor’s Office announced a probe into the interdiction, adding it to ongoing investigations into potential violations of international law linked to the Gaza offensive.
• Sumar and Podemos condemned what they call a timid government response, threatened parliamentary action over the Israel arms-embargo decree, and backed street protests that have grown in major cities.