SHAH ALAM, Oct 15 — The fourth Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) humanitarian aid convoy is expected to depart for Gaza in the middle or at the end of November, said Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organisations (Mapim) president Muhammad Azmi Abdul Hamid.
He said GSF would use its experience to prepare the convoy with a more organised strategy to break through the Zionist military blockade.
“We are planning to enter the waters of Gaza before Ramadan. Therefore, we are targeting that the convoy should begin its journey by the middle or the end of next month at the latest.
“We will also hold discussions at the international level to review the three previous flotilla missions that were intercepted by the Israeli military and to draw up a strategy to break through their blockade,” he told reporters at the Mapim headquarters here today.
Muhammad Azmi said so far, the size of the fleet involved remained the same, namely 1,000 boats and ships from all over the world carrying various types of aid, before assembling in the Mediterranean Sea.
He said the convoy would also be joined by several groups from the waters of Gibraltar, Barcelona, Tunisia, Italy and Türkiye and would enter Palestine through the waters of Gaza separately.
In another development, Muhammad Azmi said his organisation had met Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to present a proposal to send 200 containers of essential goods to Gaza through the land route, namely the Rafah crossing.
Earlier today, Muhammad Azmi received a visit from Malaysian Press Institute (MPI) president Datuk Yong Soo Heong at the Mapim headquarters here to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mapim.
The agreement, among others, aims to establish long-term strategic cooperation in efforts to strengthen the role of the media in global humanitarian issues and to expand understanding of global humanitarian conflicts. — Bernama
