Overview
- The Global Sumud Flotilla, which left Barcelona on Wednesday, sailed with nearly 40 boats and aims to grow to more than 70 carrying about 1,000 people.
- Greenpeace Spain and the rescue group Open Arms committed their two large ships to accompany the convoy.
- The route includes a week of non-violence training in southern Italy and a planned push from Syracuse on April 24.
- Hours after departure, an internal statement posted online accused a senior organizer of sexual misconduct and said leaders were alerted months earlier.
- A 2025 flotilla was boarded by the Israeli navy with arrests and deportations, and Israel later said those vessels carried only about two tons of aid.