Global Sumud Flotilla

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  • Sumud Flotilla 2026-05-19 19:57

    Sumud activists demand safe passage, accountability amid Israel’s illegal abductions

    TEHRAN — Battered but entirely unbowed, a defiant contingent of the Global Sumud Flotilla continues its perilous voyage toward the Gaza Strip, surviving a harrowing, day-long assault by Israeli naval forces in the Mediterranean

  • Sumud flotilla intercepted 2026-05-18 20:13

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Israel launches another illegal raid on civilian aid vessels in international waters

    Unarmed doctors and journalists are brutalized and abducted near Cyprus to enforce a criminal blockade

    TEHRAN — Israeli naval forces executed a predictable act of high-sea piracy on Monday, violently hijacking the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters.

  • Rome protest for Gaza 2026-05-04 21:40

    Rome prosecutors open criminal probe into Israeli abduction of Gaza aid activists

    TEHRAN — Rome prosecutors formally initiated a criminal investigation into Israeli forces on Monday following the violent abduction of international activists and the illegal seizure of humanitarian vessels in international waters.

  • The Sumud flottila moving toward Gaza before being intercepted by Israel 2026-05-02 18:57

    Israeli forces torture Sumud activists aboard vessel

    TEHRAN — The Mediterranean Sea was transformed into a site of kidnapping and brutality as Israeli naval forces violently and unlawfully intercepted the Spring 2026 Global Sumud mission, subjecting humanitarian volunteers to what eyewitnesses describe as systematic torture.

  • Israeli forces intercepted boats travelling with the Global Sumud Flotilla, using drones, communications jamming technology and armed raiding parties to halt the humanitarian fleet 2026-05-01 20:01

    By staff writer

    Israel’s high-seas piracy returns to the Mediterranean

    Global outrage follows the violent midnight raid on the Sumud flotilla

    TEHRAN — In the early hours of April 30, the Mediterranean Sea became the stage for another brazen act of international piracy as Israeli naval forces executed a violent ambush against the Spring 2026 Global Sumud mission.

  • Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (L), flanked by senior officials, staged a November 19, 2025, tour of the "buffer zone" on the Syrian side of the Israeli‑occupied Golan Heights (GPO) 2025-12-29 20:21

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Six countries, three seas, one voracious war machine

    A year of Tel Aviv’s fear doctrine—sovereignty dismantled across six nations, maritime terror targeting humanitarian aid

    TEHRAN – In 2025, Israel acted as a borderless war machine, unleashing over 10,631 military attacks across six nations—Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Yemen, and Qatar—while extending its brutality to maritime terrorism against aid ships in the waters of Malta, Greece, and Tunisia.

  • The Conscience 2025-10-08 17:52

    By Shahab Sarmadi

    Israel’s interception of Gaza aid flotillas sparks global outcry 

    TEHRAN – Israel’s back-to-back interceptions of two international aid flotillas bound for Gaza have provoked a surge of global condemnation and legal scrutiny, casting renewed light on the blockade of the Palestinian enclave. The seizures — carried out in international waters — targeted the Global Sumud Flotilla a week ago, and the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) on Wednesday, including its lead vessel The Conscience.

  • Sumud Flotilla 2025-10-05 22:11

    ‘Brutal and inhumane’, Iran condemns Israel’s harsh treatment of Sumud flotilla activists

    TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly denounced the Israeli regime’s “brutal and inhumane” treatment of hundreds of international activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian mission that sought to break Tel Aviv’s years-long blockade of the Gaza Strip.

  • The Ship of Conscience 2025-10-05 19:12

    After Sumud, ‘Conscience’ aims to renew flotilla effort

    The Freedom Flotilla Coalition launched the Ship of Conscience alongside the “Thousand Madleens to Gaza” initiative, carrying 92 personnel from 26 nations — doctors, journalists, human rights defenders — in a bold challenge to Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.

  • Greta and Ben-Gvir 2025-10-05 15:39

    Ben-Gvir ‘proudly’ defends Sumud detainee mistreatment as Greta Thunberg reports abuse

    Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, openly defended the mistreatment of activists detained during the interception of the Global Sumud flotilla, declaring on Sunday: “I am proud that the flotilla activists are being treated as terrorists.”

  • Barcelona Sumud protests 2025-10-04 22:57

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Israel’s Sumud seizure reignites global campaign against Gaza blockade

    TEHRAN – International fury erupted this week after Israeli naval commandos intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla — a 42-vessel convoy carrying volunteers and small consignments of food and medicine — detaining roughly 400–450 activists in a sweep that organizers and rights groups call unlawful.

  • The world condemns the Israeli interception of aid convoy to civilians in Gaza 2025-10-04 11:27

    By staff writer

    Sumud flotilla speaks volumes beyond humanitarian aid to Gaza

    There is no limit to Israel’s disinformation campaign and lies 

    TEHRAN - The Israeli military intercepted dozens of boats sailing as part of an aid flotilla towards Gaza, detaining hundreds of passengers. 

  • Mural 2025-10-03 20:00

    Global Sumud Flotilla featured at new mural at Palestine Square in Tehran

    TEHRAN – A new mural was unveiled at Tehran’s Palestine Square featuring the Global Sumud Flotilla imagery, coinciding with reports of an Israeli assault on aid vessels. The mural bears the phrase: “The sea will never be safe for Pharaoh.”

  • Global Sumud flotilla 2025-10-03 19:39

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Steadfast in defiance, activists detained after Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla

    TEHRAN – Israeli naval forces intercepted and boarded the Polish-flagged Marinette on Friday, the last vessel of the Global Sumud flotilla, taking control roughly 42.5 nautical miles off Gaza and towing the boat to Ashdod while detaining its six crew.

  • Sumud reaction 2025-10-03 19:39

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    Global anger at Gaza flotilla raid

    TEHRAN – International reaction is mounting after Israeli occupation forces stormed the Global Sumud Flotilla.

  • Demonstrators rally in the Italian capital [Alessandra Tarantino/AP] 2025-10-03 19:35

    By Staff writer 

    Calls for sanctions rise as Israel intercepts Gaza-bound flotilla

    TEHRAN – Worldwide protests have erupted following Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a convoy carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, with demonstrators demanding tough sanctions against the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 

  • Joshua Zarka 2025-10-03 17:38

    French opposition leader urges Macron to expel Israeli envoy

    Mathilde Panot, deputy leader of the France Unbowed party, has urged the French president to expel Israel’s ambassador to Paris, Joshua Zarka, following Israel’s seizure of the Global Sumud Flotilla, Al Jazeera reported. 

  • Uruguay 2025-10-03 13:58

    Uruguay voices concern over Israel’s seizure of Sumud flotilla

    The Uruguayan government issued a statement on Thursday expressing serious concern over Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian mission sailing toward Gaza with the aim of delivering aid to a population devastated by war and famine. 

  • Marinette, last vessel of Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla 2025-10-03 13:44

    Israel intercepts Polish-flagged Marinette, last vessel of Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla

    The Israeli military has dismantled an entire humanitarian flotilla seeking to break its siege on war-ravaged Gaza, arresting hundreds of activists from dozens of vessels, Al Jazeera reported.

  • Greta Thunberg and a crew member flash victory signs aboard their ship, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla seeking to reach Gaza and challenge Israel's naval blockade on September 25, 2025 (Reuters) 2025-10-01 18:48

    By Shahrokh Saei 

    Breaking the blockade: Global Sumud Flotilla’s high-stakes journey to Gaza

    TEHRAN – Concerns are growing over Israel’s aggressive actions against the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is approaching Gaza in a bid to break the longstanding Israeli blockade on the Palestinian territory. 

  • Sumud Flotilla 2025-09-30 18:53

    Sumud flotilla enters Gaza danger zone

    The Global Sumud Flotilla entered what organizers called Gaza’s “danger zone” on Tuesday, pressing east after repairs and carrying urgent medicine, food, and international volunteers in a bid to challenge Israel’s naval blockade.

  • Sumud 2025-09-29 16:12

    Global Sumud Flotilla approaches Gaza to break Israeli blockade

    An international aid flotilla is approaching the Gaza Strip in a bid to break an Israeli blockade on the Palestinian enclave, organizers said Monday, Anadolu reported. 

  • Sumud Flotilla 2025-09-26 17:24

    Warnings of imminent Israeli strike shadow Gaza flotilla amid pressure to reroute supplies

    The Global Sumud Flotilla, a convoy of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, pressed forward Thursday despite government warnings of an imminent Israeli attack.

  • Sumud 2025-09-24 19:45

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Israeli drones in the dark and the flotilla the world lets bleed

    TEHRAN – In the small hours of Wednesday, activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla reported a night of sustained aerial harassment: low-flying drones, at least 13 detonations around vessels, objects dropped on decks, and deliberate jamming of ship radios as crews dived for cover.

  • Sumud 2025-09-24 14:56

    Italy denounces attack on Global Sumud Flotilla

    Italy’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto has condemned an overnight drone attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla that is headed to Gaza in an attempt to deliver aid, Al Jazeera reported. 

  • Iranians set to join Global Sumud Flotilla from the country's southern waters 2025-09-23 21:25

    Iranians set to join Global Sumud Flotilla from the country's southern waters

    An Iranian convoy is set sail for Gaza on Wednesday, joining the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian mission dedicated to delivering crucial humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, who are currently grappling with famine as a result of an ongoing Israeli siege.

  • Barrack 2025-09-23 18:42

    Tom Barrack: US arms Lebanon to ‘fight its own people’

    In an interview with the National released Monday, U.S. special envoy Tom Barrack defended Washington’s push to make the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) the agent of Hezbollah’s disarmament — even as he conceded the U.S. will not equip the army to confront Israel.

  • Sumud Flotilla 2025-09-21 16:29

    New Italy-based flotilla to join Sumud sailing for Gaza

    The International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza announced Sunday that a new wave of ships will set sail from southern Italy next Wednesday to challenge the blockade of the Palestinian enclave, adding to the efforts of the Global Sumud Flotilla.

  • Sumud Flotilla 2025-09-20 16:15

    Sumud Flotilla activists defy threats to break Israel’s Gaza blockade

    After a night of storms, shafts of sunlight revealed a compact armada of more than 50 vessels in Tunis — the Global Sumud Flotilla — loaded with food, medical supplies, and volunteers from over 40 countries preparing to steam toward Gaza to challenge Israel’s long-running naval blockade.

  • 31 journalists killed in Yemen 2025-09-15 18:20

    Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail from Tunisia to break Gaza blockade

    The Global Sumud Flotilla, a multinational maritime convoy tasked with breaking the Israeli blockade of Gaza, has embarked on its mission from Tunisia amid heightened tensions and recent attacks on its vessels. The flotilla departed from three Tunisian ports — Bizerte, Gammarth, and Sidi Bou Said — between September 14 and 15, 2025, carrying activists and humanitarian aid from over 40 countries.