"On board the vessels will be doctors, activists, convoy organisers, lawyers and social media influencers. Inside the holds: cardboard boxes full of medicine and infant milk and some touching messages and gifts from Tunisian children to their counterparts in Gaza. All seven flotillas that have set sail to Gaza since 2010 have been either intercepted or attacked by the Israeli army before even reaching Gaza's territorial waters."
"On May 2, the ship Conscience was struck twice by Israeli armed drones when it was just 25 kilometres (16 miles) away from the shores of Malta. Thorough preparations for the flotilla are ongoing in many Tunisian cities, including Tunis, Bizerte, Beja, Sousse, Sfax and Gabes. For many of the volunteers at work in Tunisia's donation centres, their ties to Gaza run deep, and many have felt helpless having watched almost two years of Israeli bombardment of Gaza, killing more than 62,000 Palestinians."
Volunteers in Tunis are collecting and documenting donations for the Maghreb Sumud Flotilla, one of four groups of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to break Israel's siege on Gaza. Tunisian boats will wait for a Spanish flotilla, delayed by a storm, and join with a Sicilian flotilla before sailing together toward the eastern Mediterranean. Onboard will be doctors, activists, lawyers and influencers carrying medicine, infant milk and messages from Tunisian children. Previous flotillas since 2010 were intercepted or attacked, including the Conscience struck by drones. Preparations are active across Tunisian cities amid deep volunteer ties and heavy civilian losses in Gaza.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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