Italian rescue ship joins Freedom Flotilla “Al-Sumud” to aid Gaza

Pars Today – The global “Al- Sumud” flotilla announced that the Italian humanitarian NGO Emergency is sending its rescue vessel Life Sport to join the flotilla’s mission to deliver aid to Gaza.

According to Pars Today, citing IRNA, the 51-meter vessel Life Sport, which normally operates in migrant rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea, will this time provide medical and logistical support to the people of Gaza.

Based on the Al-Sumud flotilla’s report, the ship will join dozens of boats and hundreds of people from 44 different countries to strengthen humanitarian assistance to Gaza.

It was earlier announced that Mandela Mandela, the grandson of the late South African leader, has also joined this flotilla. The main Al-Sumud flotilla departed on Sunday from the port of Barcelona, Spain, while another convoy set out Monday morning from the port of Genoa in northwestern Italy to join it. Another convoy is also expected to depart on Sunday from Tunisia to link up with the group on its way to Gaza.

This flotilla consists of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, the Global Gaza Movement, the Al-Sumud Flotilla, and the Malaysian organization Al-Sumud Nusantara, with the aim of delivering humanitarian aid and showing solidarity with the people of Gaza under siege.

The United Nations had earlier warned that the aid reaching the Gaza Strip, amid Israeli restrictions on the delivery of vital humanitarian assistance, falls far short of the level required to address the hunger crisis.

Since the start of the Israeli regime’s war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, the regime has simultaneously carried out attacks and bombings while committing war crimes by deliberately starving the people of Gaza. Furthermore, since March 2, 2025, by closing all border crossings to humanitarian assistance and blocking the entry of food and medical supplies into the enclave, Israel has intensified hunger and famine, pushing conditions in the region to the brink of the greatest “humanitarian catastrophe.”