Published on 6/14/2026
The representative of the “Global Resilience Fleet” in Turkey, Behçi Ismail Songur, announced the start of preparations to launch a new naval mission towards the Gaza Strip in the coming months, with broader international participation and a larger number of ships, with the aim of breaking the Israeli blockade and highlighting the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the Strip.
This came during a meeting held by activists from the fleet in Istanbul, today, Sunday, to evaluate the latest mission that was subjected to an Israeli attack while heading to Gaza, according to Anatolia Agency.
The agency quoted Songor as saying that the messages received from the residents of the Gaza Strip confirm that their needs are not limited to humanitarian aid, but also include moral support and international solidarity.
He pointed out that Türkiye is making diplomatic efforts to release the participants who were arrested during the last mission, adding that legal procedures have begun before European and international courts to pursue those responsible for the violations to which the activists were subjected.
On May 18, the Israeli Navy attacked about 50 boats in the international waters of the Mediterranean Sea, carrying 428 activists from 44 countries, and arrested them all, even though they were on a humanitarian mission to relieve the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and break the siege that has been ongoing since 2007, according to Anadolu.
The Israeli attack on the flotilla boats and the arrest of the activists was met with a widespread wave of condemnation from parties, including Amnesty International, which described the matter as a “shameful and inhumane” act.
The occupation has repeatedly seized boats in international waters that were carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, arrested activists and then deported them to their countries.
About 2.4 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip live in catastrophic humanitarian conditions, exacerbated by the Israeli war of genocide, which left tens of thousands martyred and wounded, most of them children and women.
