Global Sumud Flotilla Suffers Explosive Attacksโค En Route to Gaza, Tunisian Authorities โAcknowledge “Premeditated Aggression”
TUNISIA โ- The Global sumud Flotilla,โ a mission aiming โฃto deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, has been targeted by multipleโ attacks involving explosive devices while sailing fromโค Tunisia, prompting condemnation and raising โconcernsโข of escalating violence against civilian aid efforts.The Tunisian government, initially โdownplaying accusations of an assault, now acknowledges the incidents as aโ “premeditated aggression.”
Theโ attacks โoccurred prior to the flotilla’s departure fromโ Tunisian waters, with organizersโ reportingโ two successive strikes against the vessels. Israel has stated it will prevent the โflotilla from reachingโ Gaza, currently under siege and facing a declared famine by the UN, and proposed docking in Ashkelonโฃ rather. This latest incident โfollows Israel’s previous blockage of two fleets attempting to reach โGaza by sea in June and July. more then 65,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza amid the ongoing offensive orchestrated by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.
A young tunisian โขactivist from the Communist party, who participated in the 2011 Tunisian Revolution andโข is โtraveling with the flotilla, shared a video documenting the situation. Despite the attacks and โIsraeli opposition, the flotilla maintains itsโ resolve. “We are โขcurrently direct witnesses to these psychologicalโ operations, but we will not be intimidated,” a โขstatement fromโค the Global Sumud Flotilla reads.
The flotilla’s mission comes as international pressure mounts to addressโ the humanitarianโค crisis in Gaza. The UNโ has repeatedly warned of widespread famine and the collapse of essential services. The attacks against the โflotilla are drawing criticism from aid organizationsโ and humanโฃ rights groups, who argue that obstructing humanitarianโค aid constitutesโค a violation of โคinternational law.