More than 80 boats and 1,000 participants will depart Barcelona for Gaza on April 12 in a major civilian mission to challenge Israel’s blockade.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) delegation is set to depart from Barcelona for Gaza on April 12.
The mission gathers more than 80 boats and 1,000 participants from across the world to challenge Israel’s siege on Gaza.
Organisers stated the mission aims to respond to the escalating humanitarian and political crisis faced by Palestinians.
It combines focused maritime action with synchronised global mobilisation on land, linking solidarity, legal advocacy and grassroots pressure across multiple countries.
“The GSF sails because the cost of inaction is too high to bear,” the organisation said in a statement.
The mission is described as a principled, nonviolent intervention and a defence of human dignity.
It is also a direct challenge to walls, blockades and systemic violence designed to spark coordinated political action worldwide.
This year’s mission is a carefully structured civilian intervention at a moment of escalating violence and humanitarian crisis.
Alongside the core fleet, the mission includes specialised civilian workers like doctors, teachers and eco-builders.
These workers are prepared to support urgent relief and early-stage reconstruction in direct partnership with Palestinians.
“As the fleet moves, partners across multiple countries are prepared to mobilise in parallel,” the GSF statement noted.
This parallel action aims to advance political pressure and accountability under international law.
“The flotilla is not just a maritime action, it is a defiant moral and political statement,” according to GSF.
The mission is joined by two Bernama personnel, journalist Ahmad Aidil Syukri Hamzah and photographer Zulfadhli Zulkifli.
