A Second Global Sumud Flotilla Ship Has Been Hit By A Drone In Tunisian Waters In Another Attack
This is the second attack on ships in the Global Sumud Flotilla over two days, with the fleet’s main boat, the Family Boat, being attacked just a day ago on Sept. 8.
A second ship on the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying aid and activists bound for Gaza has been struck by a drone in Tunisian waters for the second night in a row.
The attack on the Alma, which was sailing under the British flag, happened on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 9, while it was docked in Sidi Bou Said port in Tunisia.
Security footage from the Alma showed an incendiary device dropping onto the ship and igniting a fire on deck.
The Global Sumud Flotilla said in a statement that the fire was extinguished by the crew, who were unharmed, but the top deck was damaged by the fire.
It also shared photos of a charred electronic device that crew members recovered from the deck following the attack, adding that it had launched an investigation.
This is the second attack on ships in the Global Sumud Flotilla over two days, with the fleet’s main boat, the Family Boat, being attacked just a day ago on Monday, Sept. 8.
Tunisia’s National Guard, however, had denied that there was a drone attack, saying on its Facebook page that the explosion on the Family Boat may have occurred after life jackets on board caught fire “as a result of a lighter or cigarette butt”.
The Global Sumud Flotilla has blamed Israel for the attacks, saying they are an orchestrated attempt to distract and derail its mission but it remained undeterred.
The Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest civilian fleet of mostly small boats, had sailed from Barcelona, Spain, on Aug. 31, carrying activists including Sweden’s Greta Thunberg and Nelson Mandela's grandson, Mandla Mandela, to break Israel’s siege on Gaza.
It had reached Tunis in Tunisia, on Sunday, Sept. 7, to meet with other groups of activists to sail together to Gaza.
Israel has repeatedly sabotaged all previous attempts to break its siege on Gaza since 2010, including its deadly assault on the Mavi Marmara in 2010, and in 2025, seizing the Madleen in June and the Handala in July, when it detained and deported the activists on the vessels and confiscated the aid.
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