Yesterday, Ward Clark offered timely, on‑point coverage of the IDF's interception of the 42 ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla. After Israel searched the ships, it was discovered that the flotilla carried no aid on board any of the vessels. Furthermore, additional evidence revealed the flotilla was funded by Hamas. The evidence regarding no aid will be presented first, followed by evidence of the Hamas connection.
The Global Sumud Flotilla put out a press release on August 4, 2025, which stated, "The flotilla will carry not just aid, but doctors, lawyers, journalists, activists, and artists, all sailing to stand in solidarity with Gaza and declare: You are not alone."
One of the flotilla's passengers was Mandla Mandela, the grandson of former South African leader Nelson Mandela. According to the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS), Mandela's sister wrote a letter to South Africa's International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola, which stated, "The flotilla’s sole purpose was to deliver humanitarian assistance, food, medical supplies, nappies [diapers], and other essential relief items to the people of Palestine."
There was just one small problem. None of the ships in the flotilla had any aid on them. Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted a video on X showing Israel's Police Spokesperson, Lieutenant Dean Elsdunne, giving a tour of one of the largest boats in the flotilla.
In the video, Elsdunne says, "I'm sure you guys can guess where I am, cause it's pretty much an empty room. That's right, I'm inside one of the vessels, one of the largest vessels to come in this Yom Kippur Flotilla, and while we're processing this boat, there's one thing missing, guys: all this aid that they were supposed to bring into Gaza, which explains one thing to me. I'm sure it explains to you that when we and multiple other countries offered them to take this aid and bring it to the Gazans, we could facilitate its safe arrival; they flat-out rejected it. And now we know why, cause it was never about bringing aid to Gazans, but it was all about the headlines and the social media followings."
.@IsraelPolice is looking for the humanitarian aid from the Hamas-Sumud provocation so it can be transferred peacefully to Gaza.
— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) October 2, 2025
The only problem: so far they haven’t found much.
Like we said, it was never about the aid. It was always about the provocation. pic.twitter.com/AbL52UGQCv
A video of Israel's Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, was posted on X, with him saying, "You are all terrorists. You are supporting murderers, supporting Gaza, supporting terrorists. You are terror supporters. There is no humanitarian aid here."
Israel's Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, calls out Greta Thunberg and her pro-Hamas friends:
— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) October 2, 2025
"You are all terrorists. You are supporting murderers, supporting Gaza, supporting terrorists. You are terror supporters. There is no humanitarian aid here." pic.twitter.com/FkKdPPjmuU
Before the ships were boarded by Israeli forces, the IDF provided the flotilla activists with ample warning in English. A video posted to the X account of the Israel Foreign Ministry shows a female IDF sailor making the following announcement in English: "This is the Israeli Navy. You are approaching a blockaded zone. If you wish to deliver aid to Gaza, you may do so through the established channels. Please change your course toward the port of Ashdod, where the aid will undergo a security inspection and then be transferred into the Gaza Strip."
Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted the following statement on X: "The sole purpose of the Hamas-Sumud flotilla is provocation. Israel, Italy, Greece, and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem have all offered and continue to offer the flotilla a way to peacefully deliver any aid they might have to Gaza. The flotilla refused because they are not interested in aid, but in provocation. The Israeli Navy has reached out to the Hamas-Sumud flotilla and asked them to change course. Israel has informed the flotilla that it is approaching an active combat zone and violating a lawful naval blockade. Israel reiterated the offer to transfer any aid peacefully through safe channels to Gaza."
The sole purpose of the Hamas-Sumud flotilla is provocation. Israel, Italy, Greece, and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem have all offered and continue to offer the flotilla a way to peacefully deliver any aid they might have to Gaza. The flotilla refused because they are not… pic.twitter.com/pLQj1FLIPA
— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) October 1, 2025
Now we know why the flotilla refused the offer to have the aid processed through official channels. There was no aid to be transferred. Instead, the entire flotilla was about making headlines as its passengers knew the leftist media would carry their lies and hypocrisy far and wide.
Shortly after Elsdunne posted his video on X, the Global Sumud Flotilla admitted there wasn't any aid on board. According to the Israeli wire service TPS-IL, the Global Sumud Flotilla posted on its X account: "Breaking the siege on Gaza was not about aid. It was about breaking the siege on Gaza! So aid can flow to the 2 million people starving there!" According to TPS-IL, the post was edited a few minutes later to include the word 'just' so that it read "It was not just about aid."
The post must have been taken down shortly after it was edited, as no evidence of the post could be found on X for this story. However, the Global Sumud Flotilla put out a hasty press release claiming Israel was lying about there not being any aid on any of the ships.
In 2018, the political organization Palestinian Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA) was established. During the Gaza War, the IDF uncovered two documents that link the PCPA to Hamas and the Global Sumud Flotilla.
The first document (English translation) is a letter to the PCPA, signed by Ismail Haniyeh, who was the Chairman of Hamas Political Bureau before he was assassinated by Mossad on July 31, 2024, while in Iran. In the letter, Haniyeh endorses the PCPA and calls for unity between the two organizations. According to Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PCPA is subordinate to Hamas and is responsible for Hamas activity outside of Gaza. The PCPA operates de facto Hamas embassies in countries around the world. The PCPA operates under civilian cover and organizes activities against Israel, including violent demonstrations, marches, and flotillas to Gaza. Israel designated the PCPA as a terrorist organization in 2021.
The second document (English translation) contains a list of PCPA operatives. The nineteenth operative on the list is Zaher Birawi, who leads PCPA's de facto embassy in the UK. For the past 15 years, Birawi has organized demonstration flotillas to the Gaza Strip. The twenty-fifth operative on the list is Saif Abu Kashk, who resides in Spain. Kashk is the CEO of Cyber Neptune, a front company that owns many of the ships that participated in the Global Sumud Flotilla. This proves that the ships from the flotilla are owned by Hamas.
This is the second flotilla that has tried to break the IDF blockade of Gaza and that was intercepted. The first attempt was by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and was intercepted by the IDF on June 9, 2025. However, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition is trying again. According to the Freedom Flotilla website, the "media and medics boat," Conscience, set sail from Italy on October 1, 2025, for the following reasons:
- Provide the international press with an opportunity to report directly from Gaza.
- Deliver urgently needed medical expertise and solidarity alongside Gaza’s decimated health workforce.
The Conscience will join up with eight other boats that left Italy the week before.
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