Africa-Press. The organizing committee of the Global Resilience Fleet, aimed at breaking the blockade on Gaza, has announced the date of its next voyage to the enclave, along with the ports from which the ships will depart.
At a press conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa, the committee said that the fleet’s vessels will set sail on March 9 from Barcelona and other ports in the Mediterranean Sea, heading toward Gaza.
The committee also announced plans to organize two land convoys from North Africa and Asia to the Gaza Strip in March as well, noting that the convoys will carry medical and food aid.
Regarding the maritime fleet, organizers said the upcoming mission is expected to include more than 100 boats carrying thousands of activists.
They added that over 1,000 doctors, along with experts in environmental and public health, and investigators specializing in war crimes, are scheduled to take part in the next mission to break the blockade on Gaza.
The organizing committee called on “people from all countries and across all fields — including doctors and engineers — to join the land convoy launching simultaneously with the maritime fleet to assist the people of Gaza.”
Addressing potential threats to the fleet’s vessels from Israel, the organizers said such risks “are insignificant compared to what Gaza’s children endure and the suffering Palestinians have faced for eight decades under an apartheid system.” They urged the international community to uphold international law and prevent any attempt to attack the fleet.
They stressed that the suffering of Gaza’s population is beyond imagination, particularly that of thousands of sick and wounded individuals awaiting permission to travel for medical treatment, while those returning to the enclave are subjected to searches by occupation authorities.
The Global Resilience Fleet’s organizers called on the international community to take action to end the genocide and support Palestinians in their pursuit of freedom, stating that Palestine has become a symbol of resilience against oppression and a source of inspiration for the struggle for freedom and justice.
They also said that “the time has come for humanity to confront genocide and colonial plans,” singling out Israel, which they accuse of deliberately starving children in Gaza to death, despite claiming to be “the most democratic state in the Middle East.”
Last October, Israeli naval forces attacked dozens of boats belonging to the Global Resilience Fleet while they were sailing in international waters toward Gaza, seized the vessels, and detained hundreds of international activists on board.
