Gaza-bound flotilla almost 300 miles from coast of Israel
It has taken a month for the flotilla to traverse around 1,700 nautical miles of open water.
Activists including Greta Thunberg, stand on a boat that is part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian expedition to Gaza, as seen from the port in Barcelona, Spain August 31, 2025(photo credit: BRUNA CASAS/REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN