Convoy arrives in Libya en route to Gaza to challenge Israel blockade

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00:01A bevy of flags from Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Palestine are being brandished from buses and cars.

00:08The so-called Convoy of Steadfastness, consisting of over 1,500 Tunisian, Algerian and Libyan activists,

00:14is on its way to Gaza in a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people.

00:21We are heading now to the border crossing between Egyptian Rafah and Palestinian Rafah

00:26to break the siege on our brothers in Gaza, which has been under blockade for 18 years before the war and 18 months since the war.

00:36Israel launched its military campaign in the wake of the 7 October Hamas terror attacks,

00:41when militants killed 1,200 people in Israel and took 251 hostages into Gaza.

00:47According to the authorities of the enclave, Israel has since killed almost 55,000 Palestinian civilians in its offensive,

00:54mostly women and children.

01:00This movement has a clear goal, which is the liberation of Palestine,

01:04and to break the siege on our brothers in Gaza, who are being exterminated, burnt while hungry and tortured.

01:14The Gaza Strip is densely populated and is home to more than 2 million people.

01:18In the past month, several UN agencies have warned that the entire population of the enclave is at risk of starvation.

01:25In May, the Council of Europe condemned Israel for its deliberate starvation of the population.

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