Pakistan, May 16 -- Pakistani activists and aid workers, including representatives of the Edhi Foundation, have this week joined a new Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla, weeks after Israeli forces intercepted and detained participants aboard an earlier mission in international waters.

The latest Global Sumud Flotilla departed from Marmaris, Turkiye, on Wednesday night with more than 500 activists from different countries onboard, according to a statement issued by the Edhi Foundation.

"The Global Sumud Flotilla's peaceful mission is expected to be completed within six to seven days," the Edhi Foundation said in its statement, adding that Saad Edhi, son of the renowned late Pakistani humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi, departed aboard the flo...