{"id":52993,"date":"2025-10-02T18:35:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T22:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/tens-of-thousands-rally-in-spain-as-israel-halts-gaza-aid-flotilla\/02\/10\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T18:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T22:35:21","slug":"tens-of-thousands-rally-in-spain-as-israel-halts-gaza-aid-flotilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/tens-of-thousands-rally-in-spain-as-israel-halts-gaza-aid-flotilla\/02\/10\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tens of thousands rally in Spain as Israel halts Gaza aid flotilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Spain against the Israeli navy&#8217;s violent halt of the Gaza aid flotilla, state broadcaster RTVE and other Spanish media reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Participants at rallies in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and other cities nationwide accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The European Union was accused of being partly responsible for Israel&#8217;s actions and many demanded a severance of relations with Israel. &#8220;If they attack the flotilla, they attack us all,&#8221; stated a manifesto read out in front of the Foreign Ministry in Madrid, RTVE reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The rallies came after Israeli special forces boarded around 40 boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla and detained more than 400 crew members from dozens of countries, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. Israel intends to deport the pro-Palestinian activists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The group which organized the rallies accused Israel of breaching international law and committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip. A &#8220;peaceful, non-violent convoy that was supposed to bring food, baby formula and medicine&#8221; to the Gaza Strip was violently and illegally stopped in international waters and the participants were &#8220;abducted,&#8221; according to a statement the organizers shared on Telegram. Supporters on X referred to it as &#8220;piracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The trigger for the war in the Gaza Strip was the massacre committed in Israel by Palestinian Islamists Hamas and other extremists, in which around 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 others were taken hostage to Gaza on October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Israel&#8217;s overwhelming response has reduced the strip to rubble and killed more than 66,000 Palestinians, according to the health authority controlled by Hamas, in figures seen as credible by the UN.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>People take part in a protest in solidarity with Palestine and support the Sumud Global Flotilla, which has been intercepted by the Israeli army. 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