Reporting for Al Jazeera, Colombian journalist Mauricio Morales’ dispatch from the Global Sumud Flotilla captures a day of rationed meals, night watches for drones, and a “buddy system” caring for volunteers aged 24 to 73—human texture behind a people-led mission to Gaza.

The flotilla, the largest of its kind, has gathered dozens of vessels and delegations from at least 44 countries, departing Spain and regrouping in Tunisia on Monday, with crews drilled in nonviolent conduct amid official threats and past interceptions in international waters.

On deck, lessons in Palestinian history meet fire-drill briefings below, while European lawmakers and activists join to press for a humanitarian corridor as Gaza’s siege grinds on.

Their hope is not only to reach Gaza’s shores, but to deliver a message of solidarity that cannot be silenced.