GSF 2.0 Sets Sail For Gaza

BARCELONA, April 12 (Bernama) -- The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) 2.0 has begun their journey to Gaza, departing from Barcelona Port at about 1 pm local time (7 pm Malaysian time) today.

Thousands of supporters from various countries gathered at Moll de la Fusta to send the mission off as they seek to break through the Israeli blockade of Gaza and channel humanitarian aid to Palestinians there.

Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari, who is the mission’s patron minster, Malaysia’s Ambassador to Spain, Haznah Md Hashim and Sumud Nusantara Command Centre (SNCC) director-general Datuk Sani Araby Alim Araby were present at the send-off.

Local humanitarian activist and veteran journalist Zainal Rashid Ahmad is among the Malaysians in the flotillia. 

GSF 2.0 involves over 80 vessels and 1,000 participants from all over the world, combining maritime action with land-based global mobilisation movements, as well as connects solidarity efforts, legal advocacy and grassroots campaigns in various countries.

-- BERNAMA