A marine episode comes to rekindle tensions around the international fleet for the Gauze. On Monday night to Tuesday (08–09.09.2025), the Global Sumudilla Sumudilla organization, where Sweden activist Greta Tumberg is also announced, announced that one of her ships, Familia Madeira, “hit, probably by drone” in her waters Tunisian.
Members of the coordinating committee of the Gaza Movement opened off Tunisia. According to a statement released on Telegram and Instagram, the incident did not cause injuries to the six occupants, but there were material damage. The organizers have denounced “attacks” aimed at “derailing the mission”, which also participates in Greta Toenberg.
The AFP reporter was found on the spot, who observed the ship at the port of Cindy Bu Side, near Tunis, framed by other vessels, but without a visible fire.
The Tunisian authorities, for their part, categorically deny the drone attack scenario. “No such means was identified,” the National Guard said. Her spokeswoman, Hussem Edin Jambabli, noted that the cause of the incident was much simpler: “Fire in life jackets,” he said, adding that it could even be caused by cigarette butts.
Flotilla, known as the Global Sumudilla, is an international initiative to break the exclusion of Gaza and delivering humanitarian aid by sea. Its ships are currently anchored in Tunisia, pending a decision to continue the mission.