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TUNIS: Tunisians gather at a meeting point in Tunis on June 9, 2025, ahead of the departure of a land convoy named “Steadfastness” to break the siege on Gaza. - AFP
TUNIS: Tunisians gather at a meeting point in Tunis on June 9, 2025, ahead of the departure of a land convoy named “Steadfastness” to break the siege on Gaza. - AFP

Activists launch land convoy from Maghreb states to break Gaza siege

Hundreds of people from Algeria, Tunisia and other countries launched on Monday a land convoy bound for Gaza, seeking to break Israel's siege on the Palestinian territory, activists said.


The nine-bus "Soumoud" convoy, meaning "steadfastness" in Arabic, launched from Maghreb countries aiming to pass through Libya and Egypt and arrive in Rafah, in southern Gaza, "by the end of the week", activist Jawaher Channa said.

"We are about a thousand people, and we will have more join us along the way," said Channa, spokeswoman of the Tunisian Coordination of Joint Action for Palestine, the group organizing the caravan. The group, which contains doctors, includes Algerian, Mauretanian, Moroccan and Libyan activists. - AFP


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