Global Sumud Flotilla

The Only Sane Response To A Dystopian World Is To Have Radical Imagination

November 2, 2025 Caoimhe Butterly, Hot Press. Strategize! Gaza, Genocide, Global Sumud Flotilla, Humanitarian Aid, International Law

At sunrise in Gaza, fifteen years ago, a group of fishermen prepared their nets to set sail. Restricted to six nautical miles from shore by the recently imposed and illegal Israeli naval blockade, members of the Abu Bakr family, a fisherfolk clan from Al Shaati refugee camp, spoke of the sea as giver and taker of life. It was weeks after the Cast Lead bombardment had stopped, a brief pause post massacre. We had accompanied Gazan ambulance services, working alongside committed and courageous paramedics as they responded to the devastation. A small, disparate group of international volunteers, trying to act as humble, hoped-for deterrence to the systematic targeting of Palestinian healthcare workers and bombing of ambulances.

This Is The Moment To Scale Up Mobilizations For Palestine

October 24, 2025 Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch. Strategize! Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Genocide, Global Sumud Flotilla, Health workers, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity

It was a great honor to join the “Conscience”, a large ship with 92 participants. We were mainly medics and journalists because we wanted to emphasize that these are the two professions most targeted during the genocide in Gaza. We wanted to show solidarity with our colleagues there. Almost all participants had direct links with people in Gaza through humanitarian work or Palestinian NGOs like Awda Association. Several doctors on board had worked in Gaza during the genocide, and many journalists were in touch with Palestinian citizen journalists and local news agencies. We wanted to reach Gaza to report and to offer medical assistance: that was the core message of the “Conscience”. Normally, in any conflict, humanitarian workers and journalists have access to document conditions and preserve the right to health.

Israeli Military Attacks Flotilla In International Waters

October 8, 2025 Freedom Flotilla Coalition. Educate! Gaza, Global Sumud Flotilla, Humanitarian Aid, International Law, Israel, Palestine

8 October 2025 – The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) and Thousand Madleens to Gaza (TMTG) confirm that three boat : Gaza Sunbirds, Alaa Al-Najajr, Anas Al-Sharif, have been attacked and illegally intercepted by the Israeli military at 04:34 at 120 nautical miles (220km) from Gaza. Sources so far indicate that the unarmed crew aboard, including doctors, journalists, and elected officials, have been abducted, as well as the vital aid worth over $110,000 USD in medicines, respiratory equipment, and nutritional supplies that were destined for Gaza’s starving hospitals. Their whereabouts remain unknown. “Israel has no legal authority to detain international volunteers aboard these ships,” David Heap, Canadian Boat to Gaza and Freedom Flotilla Coalition Steering Committee.

Spain To Submit ICC Complaint Against Israel Over Attack On Flotilla

October 8, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! Global Sumud Flotilla, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Spain

Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska announced on 7 October that Madrid will submit a formal complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over Israel’s kidnapping of hundreds of activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters. Grande-Marlaska said any assault on civilians in international waters constitutes an act of unlawful detention under both Spanish and international law. On Sunday, 29 Spanish activists who were part of the flotilla landed in Madrid after being detained by Israeli forces in international waters. Many of the activists were subjected to “physical and psychological ill-treatment” while in detention.

Testimonies Reveal ‘Torture, Humiliation’ Of Flotilla Activists

October 6, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Global Sumud Flotilla, Greta Thunberg, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Prisons, Torture

Pro-Palestinian activists who were on board the Global Sumud Flotilla reported being mistreated by Israeli authorities following their arrest last week. One Spanish activist, Goretti Sarasibar, told Reuters after his deportation that the detainees were forced to watch videos of Hamas’s attack on 7 October 2023. “They didn’t give us food all day,” he said. “Now we are super happy eating, as we were starving.” Dutch activist Marco Tesh said he could not breathe at one point “because they put something to my face and they tied my hands to my back.” Another one of the deported activists, Rafael Borrego, said, “At any time that any of us called a police officer, we risked that seven or more fully armed people entered to our cell, as they did on mine, pointing us with weapons at our heads, with dogs ready to attack us, and being dragged to the floor.”

Seattle Anti-War Activists Disrupt Rush-Hour Traffic

October 6, 2025 Izzy McCabe and Nolan Good, Fight Back! News. Resist! Anti-war Movement, Global Sumud Flotilla, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Seattle, Washington

Seattle, WA – On October 2, Seattleites took to the streets in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, protesting the humanitarian aid fleet’s illegal interception by Israel the previous day. Nearly 100 activists packed into over 40 cars to form a motor caravan and cruised through some of the busiest streets in downtown Seattle during rush hour, disrupting traffic and unloading afterwards at a rally. The action was timed to coincide with other national and global efforts, like that of the Italian Unione Sindicale di Base (UDB), which enacted a general strike across Italy. The caravan, as well as the rally attended by nearly 600 people, ensured that Seattleites could not ignore the events surrounding the Global Sumud Flotilla despite the U.S.’s repressive media doing its best to keep Americans in the dark.

Second Wave Of Flotillas Are Heading For Gaza Now

October 5, 2025 US Army Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. Resist! Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Genocide, Global Sumud Flotilla, Humanitarian Aid

n the past three months, citizens around the world have participated in dramatic challenges to the horrific Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza with over 66,000 known dead and at least a hundred thousand souls under the rubble, most of whom are women and children. The genocide includes the destruction of virtually all food and food distribution systems, hospitals and clinics, schools and universities, water and sanitation facilities and a huge amount of the housing for 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza. For the past 18 years, the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition has used ships to attempt to carry citizens from all over the world to Gaza in a non-violent challenge to the genocidal violence of the Israeli government and the illegal Israeli naval blockade of Gaza.

Israeli Authorities Have Beaten Greta Thunberg

October 5, 2025 Alaa Shamali, The Canary. Educate! Global Sumud Flotilla, Greta Thunberg, Human Rights, Israel, Prison, Torture

Reports are emerging that Israeli authorities have abused activist Greta Thunberg while illegally holding her in detention. Greta Thunberg beaten by Israeli authorities On Saturday 4 October, the Israeli occupation authorities deported 137 of the kidnapped international solidarity activists who participated in the Global Sumud Flotilla to break the humanitarian siege on Gaza, in the second deportation operation in a matter of days, after returning four Italians to their country on Friday 3 October. One of the deported activists who arrived at Istanbul airport on Saturday recounted shocking details of what he described as ‘brutal assaults’ on some activists during their detention

People Across Asia And Latin America Mobilize In Support Of Gaza Flotilla

October 4, 2025 Abdul Rahman and Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch. Resist! Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Gaza, Global Sumud Flotilla, India, Israel, Latin America, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Philippines, Uruguay, Venezuela

Protests broke out in various countries in Asia on Thursday, October 2, following the Israeli attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) on Wednesday and the abduction of hundreds of activists. The GSF, consisting of over 40 ships with hundreds of activists onboard, was heading towards the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza in order to break the Israeli siege and deliver crucial humanitarian aid to its people forced to starve by Israel. The ships were attacked by the Israeli forces on the night of October 1, an attack which continued until October 3, when they were scores of miles away from the Gaza coast. Israeli forces abducted the activists and seized the aid the ships were carrying for the people of Gaza.

Italy: Hundreds Of Thousands Protest In Solidarity With Gaza

October 4, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! General Strike, Global Sumud Flotilla, Israel, Italy, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity

Hundreds of thousands flooded Italy’s streets on 3 October as part of a general strike organized to protest Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and the kidnapping of hundreds of activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla. "After what I saw with the flotilla, I thought I couldn't just stand by and do nothing. It's the first time I go to these kind of demonstrations," Mario Mascetti told Reuters after attending the protest in Rome. The CGIL and USB trade unions organized the demonstrations, which took place in more than 100 cities on the same day Israeli forces intercepted the last of the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels. Organizers said the illegal seizure marked the capture of all 42 boats in the flotilla, each carrying humanitarian aid and international volunteers determined to challenge Israel’s blockade of Gaza.

Global Sumud Flotilla Vows To Keep Sailing ‘Until Gaza Is Free’

October 3, 2025 Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss. Resist! Global Sumud Flotilla, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity

Contact has been lost with all but two of the over 40 vessels participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla’s humanitarian mission to break the siege on Gaza, organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. As of this writing, the flotilla’s live tracker showed that 19 vessels were presumed intercepted by Israeli marine forces in international waters, while an additional 21 were confirmed to be intercepted, and three were reported to still be sailing. One of them, the Mikono Al-Bireh vessel, appeared to be in Palestinian waters a few miles away from the coast of Gaza, while the Marinette appeared further away in international waters. Both have lost contact. The flotilla’s “motherships,” which provide legal observation, appeared to have sailed north away from Gaza’s coast.

Last Boat In Gaza Humanitarian Flotilla Intercepted By Israel

October 3, 2025 Alastair Mccready, Al Jazeera. Educate! Gaza, Global Sumud Flotilla, International Law, Israel, Palestine

The Israeli military has dismantled an entire humanitarian flotilla seeking to break its siege on war-ravaged Gaza, arresting hundreds of activists from dozens of vessels. Livestream video showed Israeli forces forcing their way onboard the last vessel Friday morning. The Polish-flagged Marinette, which reportedly has a crew of six, was the final boat of the Global Sumud Flotilla – once a 44-strong fleet – to be seized by Israel. The International Committee to Break the Siege of Gaza also announced in a statement that several detainees arrested by Israeli forces had “entered an open-ended hunger strike from the moment of their detention.”

Arab Grassroots Decry Israel’s Flagrant ‘Piracy’ Against Flotilla

October 3, 2025 Aseel Saleh, People's Dispatch. Resist! Arab States, Gaza, Global Sumud Flotilla, Humanitarian Aid, Israel, Israeli war crimes, Palestine, Social Movements, World

Day after day, Israel grows more and more audacious in its quest to impose its hegemony not only over the West Asia region, but also over the entire world, violating land, air, and international waters alike. Hundreds of peaceful international activists aboard over 40 civilian vessels were subjected to a brutal act of piracy on the high seas, just 75 miles away from the Gaza coast. Their boats were loaded with life-saving humanitarian aid for the forcibly-starved two-million-person population in the Gaza Strip. The activists were kidnapped and the ships were forcibly steered towards Israeli ports. Few governments took any action to prevent the mass abduction from happening. The interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla is a grave crime, which revealed that many Western countries are indifferent to the lives of their citizens when the offender is Israel.

Global Sumud Flotilla Updates Following Illegal Interception And Abductions

October 2, 2025 Global Sumud Flotilla, Popular Resistance. Resist! Gaza, Genocide, Global Sumud Flotilla, International Law, Israel, Israeli Occupying Forces

Mediterranean Sea – After Israeli occupation naval forces illegally intercepted vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla —a peaceful, non-violent convoy carrying food, baby formula, medicine, and volunteers from 47 countries to Gaza—hundreds of participants have been abducted and reportedly taken aboard the large naval vessel, the MSC Johannesburg. This was after they were assaulted with water cannons, doused with skunk water, and had their communications systematically jammed in yet more acts of aggression against unarmed civilians. Additionally, several boats were reportedly stopped by a chain-like barrier in international waters where Israel has no jurisdiction, just as they have no jurisdiction over Gaza’s waters and shoreline, compounding Israel’s continued war crimes and illegal blockade.

Hamas Slams Israeli Interception Of Global Sumud Flotilla As ‘Piracy’

October 2, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! Global Sumud Flotilla, Hamas, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity

Hamas slammed the Israeli military’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is carrying aid for Gaza, in a statement released on 2 October. The statement called the interception “a treacherous attack and a crime of piracy and maritime terrorism against civilians.” “It is a barbaric assault targeting international solidarity activists who were on an urgent humanitarian mission to deliver emergency aid to our besieged people in the Gaza Strip, who have been subjected for two years to genocide and systematic starvation,” Hamas added. It also saluted “the courage of the free activists” and called on the UN and international community to hold Israel “accountable.” Israeli naval forces moved to intercept the flotilla overnight as the boats were approaching the besieged strip.

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