Pakistan firmly condemned the interception by Israel of the world Flotilla of Sumud, describing action as a flagrant violation of international law and international humanitarian law.
In a statement on Thursday, Foreign Office (FO) said that the illegal detention of international activists aboard the flotilla ended up the lives of innocent civilians.
The flotilla, comprising more than 40 civilian ships and carrying around 500 international activists, was about to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the interception was part of the “attack model” in the course of Israel and its illegal blockade in Gaza, which caused immense human suffering for more than two million Palestinians. He added that the deliberate obstruction of humanitarian aid was a serious violation of the obligations of Israel as a power occupying under the fourth Geneva Convention.
Reiterating its position, Pakistan called for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in all occupied Palestinian territories; Lifting the Gaza blocking; unhindered humanitarian access; Release of all activists aboard the flotilla; and the responsibility of the violations of Israel of international law.
The declaration reaffirmed the “inexpressible support and solidarity of Pakistan with the Palestinian people in their struggle for the right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent, sovereign and contiguous state of Palestine on the basis of the borders before 1967, with al-Quds al-Sharif as capital.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif firmly condemned what he called an “despicable attack” by Israeli forces on the Samud Gaza flotilla, a convoy of 40 ships carrying more than 450 humanitarian workers from 44 countries.
In a statement, the Prime Minister expressed his concern for those “illegally apprehended” by Israeli forces and called for their immediate release. “Their only crime was to help the unfortunate Palestinian,” he said.
Pakistan firmly condemns the vile attack by Israeli forces on the 40 Samud Gaza Flatilla ships, transporting more than 450 humanitarian workers from 44 countries.
We hope and pray for the security of all those who were illegally understood by Israeli forces and call for their …– Shehbaz Sharif (@cmshehbaz) October 1, 2025
Shehbaz added that “this barbarism must end”, asking that peace has a chance and humanitarian aid authorized to reach those who needed it.
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Israeli forces have prevented 13 boats from transporting foreign activists and helping for Gaza, but 30 boats continue to go to the Palestinian enclave ravaged by the war, the fleeting organizers said on Thursday.
A video from the Israeli Foreign Affairs Verified by Reuters showed the most important passenger of the flotilla, Swedish activist from the Greta Thunberg climate, sitting on a bridge surrounded by soldiers.
The Global Sumud Flotilla – About 45 ships carrying activists and politicians, notably the Swedish activist of the Greta Thunberg climate – left Spain last month, aimed at breaking the Israeli blocking of the Palestinian territory, where the Famine of the UN said.
The Global Sumud Flotilla, carrying medication and food in Gaza, consists of more than 40 civilian boats with around 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists.
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Flotilla has published several videos on Telegram with messages from individuals aboard the various boats, some holding their passports and claiming that they were abducted and taken to Israel against their will, and reiterating that their mission was a non -violent humanitarian cause.
The flotilla is the most prominent symbol of the opposition to the blocking of Israel of Gaza.
His progress through the Mediterranean Sea have drawn international attention while nations, especially Turkey, Spain and Italy, have sent boats or drones in case their nationals require help, even if it has triggered repeated warnings from Israel to go back.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey called on Israel’s “attack” against the flotilla “an act of terror” which endangered the life of innocent civilians.
In a joint declaration, Italy and Greece called on the Israeli authorities to “guarantee the safety and integrity of the participants of the flotilla”.
The Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that activists “do not represent a danger or a threat to Israel” and hoped that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not represent a threat to this flotilla either.
“We sail on Israeli threats and tactics of intimidation,” said the flotilla, which also transports the grandson of Nelson Mandela Mandla Mandela and Rima Hassan, member of the French-French-Palestinian European Parliament.
The Spanish Minister of Digital Transformation, Oscar Lopez, had urged the flotilla not to cross the declared exclusion zone of Israel, extending to 150 sea miles off Gaza.
“Our message to Flatilla has been clear: do not go into this area,” he said on Spanish public television, adding that the Spanish naval escort would not turn into the exclusion zone.
Israel blocked similar attempts in June and July.
