Guerra in Gaza, live: last hour of the conflict in the Middle East

The Global Sumud Flotilla, which plans to leave Barcelona to the Gaza Strip on August 31, wants to be “the greatest mission of solidarity in history”, as the coordinator of the boat squad, Thiago Ávila, has expressed this Friday. “It will be the largest mission of solidarity in history since it has more people and more ships than all attempts added until today trying to get to Gaza,” Ávila explained in a press conference in Barcelona. In his opinion, the “fundamental task of humanity” at the moment is that the “siege of Gaza” breaks a “humanitarian corridor” and “ends hunger” in the Palestinian territories. The output of the expedition, which has the support of solidarity organizations, parliamentary representatives and activists such as Greta Thunberg, will occur from Catalonia and Tunisia with the aim of breaking the blockade “that affects the strip.