{"id":58079,"date":"2025-09-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/2025\/09\/06\/thousands-of-italians-demonstrate-in-support-of-palestine-and-fleets-to-break-the-gaza-blockade\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T00:00:00","slug":"thousands-of-italians-demonstrate-in-support-of-palestine-and-fleets-to-break-the-gaza-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/2025\/09\/06\/thousands-of-italians-demonstrate-in-support-of-palestine-and-fleets-to-break-the-gaza-blockade\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Italians Demonstrate in Support of Palestine and Fleets to Break the Gaza Blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\ncolor:#EE0000\">Thousands of Italians Demonstrate in Support of Palestine and<br \/>\nFleets to Break the Gaza Blockade<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Around<br \/>\n15,000 people participated in a large demonstration in the city of Catania in<br \/>\nsouthern Italy, in support of Palestine and the Global Steadfastness Fleet,<br \/>\nwhich continues its journey toward Gaza for the fourth consecutive day with the<br \/>\naim of breaking the Zionist blockade on the Strip.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Protesters<br \/>\ngathered at the Port of Catania, the meeting point for boats joining the fleet<br \/>\nfrom Italy, before marching toward the city center, waving Palestinian flags<br \/>\nand holding banners with slogans supporting Palestine and the fleet, such as<br \/>\n\u201cFreedom for Palestine,\u201d \u201cStop the Genocide,\u201d and \u201cFrom the River to the Sea,<br \/>\nPalestine Will Be Free.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nphrase \u201cGaza, We Are Coming\u201d was displayed on a large screen in Federico di<br \/>\nSvevia Square at the conclusion of the event.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nGlobal Steadfastness Fleet continues its journey in the Mediterranean Sea after<br \/>\nabout 20 ships departed from the Port of Barcelona, Spain, last Sunday,<br \/>\nfollowed by another convoy from the Port of Genoa in northwestern Italy.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">A third<br \/>\nconvoy from Tunisia is expected to join next Sunday before continuing toward<br \/>\nGaza.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nfleet includes a coalition of international organizations, including the<br \/>\n\u201cFreedom Flotilla Coalition,\u201d the \u201cGlobal Gaza Movement,\u201d the \u201cSteadfastness<br \/>\nConvoy,\u201d and the Malaysian \u201cNusantara Steadfastness Organization.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nZionist occupation has imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip for 18 years,<br \/>\nresulting in the loss of shelter for approximately 1.5 million Palestinians out<br \/>\nof 2.2 million after their homes were destroyed in the recent war.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Since<br \/>\nMarch 2, the occupation forces have closed all crossings into the Strip,<br \/>\npreventing the delivery of humanitarian aid, while recently allowing only very<br \/>\nlimited quantities that do not meet the minimum needs of the population, amid<br \/>\nongoing famine and attacks on aid trucks by gangs protected by the occupation,<br \/>\naccording to the Gaza Government Media Office.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" 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