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The crew of 12 people, who includes climate activist Greta Thunberg, plans to take seven days to reach Gaza.
International non -profit organization Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) says that one of its ships has left Sicily to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza, after a previous attempt has failed due to a drone attack on another ship in the Mediterranean.
The crew of 12 people, which includes the Swedish Climate activist Greta ThunbergIrish actor Liam Cunningham and the deputy deputy of Franco-Palestinian Rima Hassan, put sailing on Madleen from the port of Catania on Sunday, carrying barrels of emergency supplies that the group called “limited quantities, although symbolic”.
The trip intervened after another ship operated by the group, conscience, was struck by two drones Just outside Maltese territorial waters in early May. While FFC said that Israel was to blame for the incident, he did not respond to requests for comments.
“We do this because it doesn’t matter the chances that we are, we have to continue to try, because the moment we stop trying is when we lose our humanity,” Thunberg told journalists at a press conference before departure. The Swedish climate activist had been due to climbing the conscience.
She added that “no matter how dangerous this mission is, it is far from being as dangerous as the silence of the whole world in the face of life of life”.
🇵🇸 ⛵️ with @Gretathunberg We call for citizen mobilization to massively support the humanitarian ship of @Gazafflotilla ! This is the only way to guarantee our security. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/5dujbkrdpz
– Rima Hassan (@Rimahas) June 1, 2025
Activists expect to take seven days to reach their destination, if they are not arrested.
The FCC, launched in 2010, is a non -violent international movement supporting the Palestinians, combining humanitarian aid for the political protest against the blockade on Gaza.
He said that the trip “is not a charity. It is a non -violent and direct action to challenge the illegal seat of Israel and climb war crimes”.
The United Nations agencies and the main aid groups claim that Israeli restrictions, the rupture of the law and the order and the widespread looting make it extremely difficult to provide aid to approximately two million inhabitants of Gaza.
The situation in Gaza has been at its worst since the war between Israel and Hamas began 19 months ago, the UN said on Friday, despite a resumption of limited aid deliveries in the Palestinian enclave.
Under increasing global pressure, Israel ended an 11 -week blockade on Gaza on May 19, allowing extremely limited not limited operations to resume.
Monday, a new avenue for the distribution of aid was also launched: the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, supported by the United States and Israel, but with United and international aid groups refusing to work withSaying that he is not neutral and has a distribution model that forces the displacement of the Palestinians.
The FCC is the last one among a growing number of criticisms to accuse Israel of genocidal acts in its war in Gaza, allegations vehemently deny.
“We break the seat of Gaza by sea, but that is part of a wider mobilization strategy that will also try to break the seat on the ground,” said activist Thiago Avila.
Avila also mentioned the next world market in Gaza – an international initiative also open to doctors, lawyers and media members – which should leave Egypt and reach Rafah crossing in mid -June to organize a demonstration there, calling Israel to stop the Gaza offensive and reopen the border.
