Boats set sail from Italy to join Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla – Middle East Monitor

Boats joining the Gaza-bound Global Sumud humanitarian aid flotilla on Thursday began departing from ports on the Italian island of Sicily, Anadolu reports.

Decorated with Palestinian flags, a number of boats that had been preparing at ports on Sicily’s eastern coast set sail into the Mediterranean Thursday morning, according to information from activists.

Departing from ports such as Catania and Augusta, the vessels stopped in the southern Sicilian city of…