Pakistan, May 2 -- More than a hundred volunteers from the Global Sumud Flotilla were transferred to Greek vessels on Friday after Israeli forces seized at least 22 boats in international waters. Organisers say dozens more craft remain off southern Crete with food and medical supplies. Two activists, a Spanish Palestinian and a Brazilian, while released activists allege they were denied food and water and "forced to sleep on floors that were deliberately and repeatedly flooded" aboard an Israeli naval vessel. Former senator Mushtaq Ahmad, held last year for a similar mission, is also part of the flotilla.

The mission matters because Gaza's catastrophe has outgrown the language of diplomatic caution. Since October 2023, Israel's military ...