GSF Delegation Set To Depart For Gaza From Barcelona On April 12

KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 (Bernama) -- The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) delegation, which gathers more than 80 boats and 1,000 participants from across the world, is set to depart from Barcelona to Gaza on April 12.

In a statement today, GSF said the mission is aimed at challenging Israel’s siege on Gaza while responding to the escalating humanitarian and political crisis faced by Palestinians.

It said the mission combines focused maritime action with synchronised global mobilization on land, linking solidarity, legal advocacy and grassroots pressure across multiple countries.

"The GSF sails because the cost of inaction is too high to bear. As Gaza endures an intensifying blockade, violence and deprivation, the mission is a principled, nonviolent intervention, a defence of human dignity, a call for humanitarian access and a demand for international accountability.

"It is a direct challenge to walls, blockades and systemic violence - and a spark for coordinated political and solidarity action worldwide,” the statement said.

According to the statement, this year GSF mission is designed for impact, citing it is a carefully structured civilian intervention at a moment of escalating violence and humanitarian crisis.

Alongside the core siege-challenging fleet, GSF noted that the mission includes specialised civilian workers including doctors, teachers and eco-builders, prepared to support urgent relief, community care and early-stage reconstruction in direct partnership with Palestinians.

"As the fleet moves, partners across multiple countries are prepared to mobilise in parallel, advancing political, legal and grassroots pressure, exposing complicity, advancing accountability under international law, and strengthening global solidarity campaigns.

“The flotilla is not just a maritime action, it is a defiant moral and political statement, amplifying Palestinian voices and demonstrating that inaction in the face of escalating violence is not an option," according to GSF.

Malaysia’s 30-Container Humanitarian Mission to Gaza, as well as the GSF mission is also joined by two Bernama personnel, namely journalist Ahmad Aidil Syukri Hamzah and photographer Zulfadhli Zulkifli.

-- BERNAMA