SEPANG: The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) 2026 mission has entered its final phase with a total of 54 ships beginning to depart from Marmaris Port, Turkiye, heading towards Gaza at about 7.30pm Malaysian time on Thursday (May 14).
Sumud Nusantara Command Centre (SNCC) director-general Datuk Dr Sani Araby Abdul Alim Araby said the voyage involves nearly 500 international participants from 45 countries mobilised by various global humanitarian activist groups.
He said the mission received full support, particularly from the Malaysian government with the backing of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, as well as from Turkiye, Spain and Brazil.
"This final phase voyage is also taking place a day before the Nakba event, namely on May 15, 1948, 78 years ago,” he said at a press conference here on Thursday.
Sani Araby said SNCC also confirmed that more than 40 participants from six countries, namely Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, are taking part in the voyage. — Bernama
