On board follows humanitarian aid and pro-passion activists, including Greta Thunberg and three Portuguese
The flotilla to Gaza again departed from Barcelona, several hours after the winds were forced to return to the Spanish city. On board follows humanitarian aid and pro -Palestinian activists, including climate activist Greta Thunberg and three Portuguese – the only deputy of the BE, Mariana Mortágua, actress and model Sofia Aparício and activist Miguel Duarte.
The vessels that departed on Sunday to Gaza had to return to the port of Barcelona due to a storm on the Catalan coast. It was necessary to postpone the match “to avoid risks with the smaller boats,” said a statement from Global Sumud Flotilla Mission.
The vessels left at 3:00 pm on Sunday and should stop in Tunisia this Thursday. They had to return to Barcelona on Sunday night and now come back to the Gaza Strip.
The humanitarian aid flotilla, also known as the Freedom Flotilha, aims to break Israel’s naval blockade and deliver food and other goods in Gaza, devastated for almost two years of the Israeli offensive.
Telavive justifies the naval block as necessary to prevent the smuggling of weapons to the terrorist group Hamas. Israel sees attempts to break this blockade, including one in which he participated Greta Thunberg in June, as a maneuver of advertising and support for Hamas.
Since 2008, about half a hundred flotillas have departed from Gaza, of which only the first five have managed to reach the destination. In 2010, the Freedom Flotilla movement was officially founded, which on this occasion was called Global Sumud Flotilla. The word Sumud translates from Arabic as “persistence” or “constant perseverance,” which is why they decided to give this name to the mission.
