from Progressive International
29.08.2025

On 22 August, the United Nations declared a famine in Gaza. More than half a million Palestinians are facing catastrophic famine conditions amid Israeli genocide, while authorities in Gaza report over 10,000 additional deaths and 45,000 injuries since the collapse of the ceasefire in March — numbers that represent a significant undercount of the true devastation.

In response, a historic coalition is mobilizing in the Mediterranean Sea — to break the blockade that created these unbearable conditions, to deliver critical humanitarian aid to Gaza’s people, and to signal that people from around the globe refuse to be complicit in the genocide.

PI Briefing | No. 32 | Breaking the Blockade

On 31 August, the Global Sumud Flotilla — the largest humanitarian fleet ever mobilized for Gaza — sets off for Palestine with a mission to break the genocidal siege.

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