Mandatory east
New Gaza aid fleet returned to Barcelona
Propalestinian activists want to try to break through Israel’s Gaza blockade again. After the first failures, it should now work with many small boats. But there are problems at the start.
The new Gaza aid fleet has interrupted its journey due to bad weather. The organizers said that the 20 boats with around 300 propalestinian activists on board had returned to Barcelona. The “Global Sumud Flotilla” was only stabbed in sail from the port of the Northeast Panische Metropolis on Sunday afternoon.
“Due to unsafe weather conditions, we carried out a test drive and then returned to the port to have the storm passed by,” it said on Instagram. If possible, the journey should start again on Monday evening, a spokesman was quoted by the newspaper “El País” and other media.
The “Global Sumud Flotilla” wants to break through the Israeli sea blockade of the Gaza Strip and bring relief goods into the coastal strips. According to the organizers, it is the greatest action of its kind so far. “Sumud” means Arabic steadfastness.
The climate activist Greta Thunberg is also on board
The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is also on board. It recently failed with a solidarity campaign on board the “Madleen”. Israeli soldiers entered the ship around 200 kilometers off the coast of the Gaza Strip on June 9, 2025 and brought them to the Israeli port of Aschdod. Thunberg and other activists were then shown.
In the past, Israel has always prevented the attempts by activists to break the sea blockade in front of the Gaza Strip. Most recently, the attempt by an Italian ship failed in July.
dpa
Source: Stern
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