#global-sumud-flotilla

#global-sumud-flotilla

Rana Hamida is a volunteer on the Global Sumud Flotilla heading for Gaza.

Late on Tuesday, the Alma, a British-flagged vessel, was hit while moored off the port of Sidi Bou Said, sparking a fire that was later contained. Nobody was injured. The incident follows Monday night's strike on the flotilla's main ship, the Family Boat, which also caught fire after being hit by a suspected drone in the same port. The Family Boat a 23-metre (76ft) Portuguese-flagged vessel carrying the flotilla's steering committee had six people on board.

Israel [is] very clear about their genocidal intent. They want to erase the Palestinian nation. They want to take over the Gaza Strip, said Thunberg, hitting out at politicians and governments failing to uphold international law. They are failing to do their most basic, legal duties to act, to prevent a genocide, to stop their complicity and support for the occupation and the genocide of Palestinians, she said.

Volunteers from across the world have come together in the main hall of one of Spain's oldest labour unions, the UGT once a registration centre for international volunteers who came to Spain to fight fascism during the Spanish Civil War. Now it has trained the nonviolent international volunteers Palestine supporters, activists, journalists and politicians who will sail on the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza on Sunday.