Global Resilience Fleet: Departing from Tunisia to Gaza on Wednesday

The Global Resilience Fleet confirmed on Tuesday that the departure from the port of Sidi Bou Said towards the Gaza Strip will be tomorrow, Wednesday, at noon.

In a statement, Wael Nawar, a member of the management committee of the Maghreb Resilience Fleet, said: "The Global Resilience departure towards Gaza will be tomorrow, Wednesday, at exactly four o'clock Tunis time from the port of Sidi Bou Said."

Nawar added: "The port will be designated for the large number of participants in the fleet and the ships."

Nawar continued: "As for the activities, they will be on the beach (adjacent to the port) where the ships will enter and pass in front of the crowds to be greeted and bid farewell before heading towards Gaza."

For her part, French Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan said: "It is very important to be able to use the sea as a space for freedom."

She added: "Owning the sea as a space for freedom is important as a symbol of this operation."

She continued, commenting on the incident involving the Spanish ship: "We are more driven and determined, as the feeling that we are being attacked for the essence of this issue, which is delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza and breaking the siege on it, allows us to mobilize global public opinion."

For his part, Ghassan Al-Henchiri, spokesperson for the "Global Resilience Fleet," stated that the file regarding the incident of the Spanish ship is "in the hands of the Tunisian security authorities."

He called on "Tunisians to come out in thousands to bid farewell to the fleet on Wednesday as it heads towards the Gaza Strip to break the (Israeli) siege on it."

On Sunday, about 20 ships coming from Spain as part of the "Global Resilience Fleet" began arriving at the Tunisian shores, in preparation for heading towards the Gaza Strip to attempt to break the Israeli siege and open a humanitarian corridor for delivering aid.