{"id":47371,"date":"2026-04-12T12:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=47371"},"modified":"2026-04-12T12:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:04:29","slug":"gaza-aid-flotilla-aims-to-break-israeli-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=47371","title":{"rendered":"Gaza aid flotilla aims to break Israeli blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A \u200bsecond flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza was due to set \u200csail on Sunday from the Spanish port of Barcelona to try to break the Israeli blockade.<\/p>\n<p>About 30 boats planned to leave the Mediterranean port city laden with medical aid and other supplies \u200bon the Global Sumud Flotilla, and more vessels are expected to join along \u200bthe route towards Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military halted the roughly 40 boats \u2060assembled by the same organisation last October as they attempted to reach blockaded Gaza, \u200barresting Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and more than 450 other participants.<\/p>\n<p>Mission to &#8216;open humanitarian corridor&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Israel, \u200bwhich controls all access to the Gaza Strip, denies withholding supplies for its more than 2 million residents. Yet Palestinians and international aid bodies say supplies reaching the territory are still insufficient, despite \u200ba ceasefire reached in October, which included guarantees of increased aid.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Cunningham, an \u200bactor who starred in the Game of Thrones television series, who is supporting the flotilla but not \u200ctaking \u2060part, told Reuters: &#8220;Every kilogram of aid that is on these ships is a failure because all these people on these ships giving up their time to help their fellow human beings are doing what their governments are legally obliged to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Also Read: Turkiye brands Netanyahu \u2018Hitler of our times\u2019 as flotilla case sparks sharp war of words<\/p>\n<p>The World \u200bHealth Organisation has said \u200bthat even during \u2060armed conflicts, states are obligated under international humanitarian law to ensure that people are able to reach medical care in safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is \u200ba mission that aims to open a humanitarian corridor so \u200bthe aid \u2060delivery organisations can arrive,\u201d Saif Abukeshak, a Palestinian activist and member of the flotilla\u2019s organising committee, told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Swiss and Spanish activists on last year&#8217;s flotilla said they were subjected to \u2060inhumane \u200bconditions during their detention by Israeli forces &#8211; an allegation \u200bthat was rejected by an Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u200bsecond flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza was due to set \u200csail on Sunday from the Spanish port of Barcelona to try to break the Israeli blockade. About 30 boats planned to leave the Mediterranean port city laden with medical aid and other supplies \u200bon the Global Sumud Flotilla, and more vessels [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}