The Sumud flotilla, which sailed with activists and humanitarian aid for Loop, He said Tuesday that one of his ships was attacked by a drone near Tunisia.
Sumud’s ship (“Sumud” means “resilience” in Arabic), was docked in the Tunecino port of Sidi Bou Said and navigates with Portuguese flag, according to press agencies.
“All passengers and the crew are safe,” they said, while noting that attacks like this, “aimed at intimidating and frustrating,” they will not stop them.
More footage from family boat’s CCTV confirmg the drone strike. https://t.co/1jbuih2foe
– Global Sumud Flotilla (@gbsumudflotilla) SEPTEMBER 9, 2025
According to Tunisian spokesmen of the flotilla that were aboard the damaged boat and quoted by the agency EFEthe fire “did not cause major damage, but superficial.”
The flotilla in Tunisia
Hundreds of Tunisians moved this morning to the port of Sidi Bou Said to show their solidarity with the flotilla, according to videos disseminated in networks.
More than a thousand people had received the group of about 20 vessels on Sunday, which left at the beginning of the month from Barcelona for the besieged Palestinian territory.
The Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg travels in the flotilla, among other personalities such as the Brazilian Thiago Avila.
“Open a humanitarian corridor and put an end to the genocide”
The objective is “to open a humanitarian corridor and put an end to the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people” in the context of war between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas, according to its organizers.
The Sumud Flotilla will continue tomorrow its journey to break the blockade in Gaza despite the “attack”, according to spokesman Ghasen Henchiri.
Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry of Tunisia said shortly after the incident that the boat fire was caused by the burning of a life jacket and denied that it was “a hostile act.”
However, the Flotilla published on its social networks a video showing “the exact moment in which the ‘Family Boat’ was beaten from above.”
Sumud flotilla ships plan to reach Gaza in mid -September to carry humanitarian aid, after two attempts blocked by Israel in June and July.
Conflict update
On this same day, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said that Israel has accepted the last proposal of US President Donald Trump, for a high fire in Gaza, under the condition that Hamas deposes the weapons and releases all hostages in the strip.
For the minister, the condition to Hamas is “crucial” for Israel and also “guarantees a better future for Gaza and the Palestinians.”
More than 1500 filmmakers announce Boicot to Israeli cultural institutions for genocide in Gaza
The Gaza Strip is the scene of a devastating war triggered by the bloody attack of Hamas against Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, recalls a report from AFP.
The UN declared in August the state of famine in the Palestinian territory and warned that 500,000 people are in a “catastrophic” situation.
