Aid flotilla for Gaza departs Barcelona after stormy weather turnaround

FILE PHOTO: Humanitarian flotilla including Greta Thunberg departs for Gaza from Spain

FILE PHOTO: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg departs with other activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian expedition to Gaza, from the port of Barcelona, Spain August 31, 2025. The Sagrada Familia is seen in the background. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo

Source: REUTERS

A flotilla of dozens of boats loaded with aid for Gaza departed Barcelona port on Monday evening after stormy weather forced them to return to port earlier, Reuters footage showed.

Some of the boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla Mission blew their horns as they left the port.

"Free, free Palestine," shouted some activists at the port.

Pro-Palestinian activists including climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham are on the flotilla of several dozen boats that is aiming to break Israel's naval blockade and deliver food and humanitarian supplies to the enclave, which has been devastated by nearly two years of war.

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Israel has argued that the naval blockade it imposed in 2007 is necessary to stop weapons being smuggled to the Hamas Palestinian militant group. It has described other attempts to break it - including one that included Thunberg in June - as a propaganda stunt in support of Hamas.

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By Reuters