Gaza Aid Flotilla Continues Mission Despite Israeli Military Confrontation and European Withdrawal

Oct 01, 2025 09:17 pm CST

A humanitarian flotilla of 45 vessels carrying activists including Greta Thunberg and Mandla Mandela continues its journey toward Gaza despite reported Israeli naval intimidation tactics. The mission aims to deliver critical aid to famine-stricken Gaza, even as Spanish and Italian naval escorts halt at Israel's 150-nautical-mile exclusion zone boundary. This represents the third recent attempt to break Israel's maritime blockade on the war-devastated Palestinian territory.